For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will... The pourtract of old age - Page 168by John Smith - 1752 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Inglis - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 406 pages
...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost and •where is he?"|| He is in the land of silence, where... | |
| John Logan - 1821 - 250 pages
...root thereol wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof (lie in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant: but man dieth, and is cut oft'; man gimb op the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea ; as the flood... | |
| Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Unitarianism - 1822 - 366 pages
...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is her" Such are the striking emblems of human... | |
| Luke Booker - Future life - 1822 - 192 pages
...cease. Though its root wax old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground, yet, through the scent of water, it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant; but man dieth and wasteth away: Man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ?" * These melancholy reflections of the afflicted... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, and the root thereof wax old in the earth, yet by the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant," Job xiv. 8. This poor declining soul, though it sit thus sad at the gates of hell, may rouse up itselfat... | |
| George Stanley Faber - Covenant theology - 1823 - 468 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet, through the scent of 'water •; it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost ; and where is he 1 As the waters fall from the sea, and... | |
| Christian life - 1864 - 346 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. " But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? " If a man die, shall he live again?... | |
| Joseph Benson - Methodist Church - 1824 - 216 pages
...of moisture from the earth, and rain ; scent or smell being here figuratively ascribed to a tree ; " it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man," though of so much nobler nature, " dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where... | |
| Joseph Caryl - Bible - 1824 - 282 pages
...the root of a tree dying in this sense buds and brings forth, as, " Verse 9. ' Yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.' " This is an elegant metaphor, as if a tree smollcd the water as soon as it came near ; give it water... | |
| Timothy East - Death - 1825 - 390 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? If a man die shall he live again f "*... | |
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