...he who rests his faith in any degree upon tradition, is " trusting in the staff• of a broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it."a • Isa. xxxvi. 6. APPENDIX, NO. II. 395 APPENDIX, No. II. " Among the remedies proposed against...

...Law." WELLBKLOVED.* Is. xxxvi. 6 : " Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him." " The same image is used concerning Egypt...

...nation. " Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him," 2 Kings xviii. 21. See also, Ezek. xxix....

...false and deceitful, and our trusting in it is like " trusting in the staff of a broken reed, on which, if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it." Now, that in God is indeed our only help, is obvious from the single circumstance of his having interposed...

...the reed is the emblem of royalty? M Lo, thou trustest on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it : such is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust on him." The reed was also the emblem of Upper...

...trust, that thou rebellest against me ? 6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 7 But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD...

...alliance by the marriage of Solomon with Pharaoh's daughter, the Jews proved it to be a " broken reed, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it : so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him." Here the prophet Jeremiah spent the latter...

...written, Farmer Brown, that we might not be compelled to rest our hopes upon that broken reed tradition, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it ! To the sinner it is worse than worthless; for it leads him astray into paths ending in inevitable...

...since we put our confidence " in the staff of a broken reed, whereon " (according to the Prophet) " if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it," being defrauded of the expected subsidy, of mere necessity we were compelled under very heavy usury...

...me? 21 Now, behold, thou * trustest upon the staff of this bruised b reed, even upon Egypt, on which P so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD...