...have any being. M S. 355. not your truft in nor, in the fon of whom there is no '3 princes, , man, in help. 4 His breath 'goeth forth, he returneth to his earth : in that very day his 'thoughts perifh. _5 Happy is. the God of bf Jacob for his truth for ever 7' Which executeth judg-' •ment for...

...who gave and preferved them. 3. Put not your trujl in princes, nor in the fan qf man, in whom '.here is no help. 4. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts peri/h. 5. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for liis help tohofe hope is in the LORD his God:...

...prohibitions, which we meet with in the holy scriptures, in regard to the objects of our trust. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth, in that very day his thoughts perish, Psal. cxlvi....

...no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his 5 earth ; in that very day his thoughts perish. Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the f firomises : Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : which 8 giveth food to the hungry. The LORD...

...creatures, whoever or whatever they be. On this principle the psalmist grounded this exhortation, put not your trust in princes nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goelh forth, he returneth to his earth, in that very day his thoughts perish. On this principle...

...help of man. Ps. cviii. 12. cxxvii. 1. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain. cxlvi. 3. Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. Jer. iii. 23. Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and from the multitude of mountains,...

...not only the author of their being, but their protector and defender, the lifter up of their heads. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help ; whose hope is in the Lord his God; which made heaven and earth ; the sea and all that therein is ; which keepetb truth for ever*....

...xiii. 13. Hope in the Lord i' also frequently mentioned as the character of the saints : Psal. cxlvi. 5. " Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God." Jer. xvii. 7. " Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is." Psal....

...inclinations, importunities and fears, which distract and pollute the soul, is fettered or slain. " Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his " help ; whose hope is in the Lord his God !"* Thus, by self-denial, the mind is restored, from a state of perplexity and trouble, to order...

...arm, and whose *' heart departeth from the Lord ;" and the Psalmist1 cautions us in these words, "Put not " your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in' " whom there is no help :" yet nothing can be plainer, than that we are required to put our trust in Christ ; and if he were...