...the trump of an archangel ; and how should those who heard the accents of Eternal Truth pronouncing that the heart of man is " deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ;"('i) that "the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God,...

...savage state of man, appears to us a phenomenon in the history of the human heart totally unaccountable. That " the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," is a melancholy truth, which not Scripture alone, but the history of mankind in all ages and...

...said is but a paraphrase, and that an imperfect one, upon that full text of the prophet Jeremy — ' That the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked, who can know it?' — It is a depth never to be fathomed, and a mystery never to be thoroughly...

...in this frame, I took hold of an old Bible belonging to one of the crew, and read it. There I read that the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked. I soon found th;it sin was the cause of all my misery. I took every opportunity to borrow a...

...any one for that change of heart, which a supplicant well m the throne of His grace, who has declared that " the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," and who has expressly commanded us to pray that " a new heart" may be put within us'— we...

...many days. How common and how melancholy a case is this; and how completely does such conduct prove, that the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ! Were it not so, as an increase of cares and anxieties crowded upon us, • we should feel...

...matter of fact. What he calls abstruse doctrines, are facts. ' We are told,' says Mr. Dale Owen, ' that the heart of man " is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." And it is undeniable, that the present character of mankind is neither a sincere nor a virtuous...

...end to give me a new and upright one. How could it shew your heart ? said I. Why, said he, it told me that the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ; that the very thought of foolishness is sin ; told me that all the wickedness that ever I...

...have no other reason, but that they understand not the dangers and follies of their self-conceits : that " the heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked;" deceiving itself and deceiving others, in innumerable instances; and being often " in the...

...matter of fact. What he calls abstruse doctrines, are facts. ' We are told,' says Mr. Dale Owen, ' that the heart of man " is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked." And it is undeniable, that the present character of mankind is neither a sincere nor a virtuous...