 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...garment that is moth-eaten. CHAP. XIV. MAN that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth alfo as a.fhadow, and continueth not. 3 And doft thou open thine eyes upon fuch an one, and bringeft... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...EVERMORE, THEIR REWARD ALSO IS WITH THE LORD, AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH. VERSE II. HE COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER, AND IS CUT DOWN : HE FLEETH ALSO AS A SHADOW, AND CONTINUETH NOT. " THE firft of thefe fimiles beautifully reprefents the tender compofition of man's •' frame, which... | |
 | Sir Adam Gordon - Sermons, English - 1795 - 462 pages
...memorable and and affecting words : Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of ti ouHc. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth alJo as a fhadow, and corttinueth not. And doft Thou vouch fofe, Q mighty Lord, to look uponfuch a... | |
 | Art - 1813 - 682 pages
...event of his death at Worship-street, from Job xiv. l,ï. — •' Man that is born ot a woirau is of few days and full of trouble — he cometh forth like a flower and is cut down — he flee'h also as a shadow and continueth not," Liis eelection of llns passage did not arise (from hi*... | |
 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...crowded and busy streets, emphatically proclaiming to the passers by, " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth...down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not," Job xiv. 1, 2. I like to look on etchings, drawings, engravings, and pictures, and am oftentimes spell-bound... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - Devotional exercises - 1800 - 324 pages
...beauty, but we resemble it likewise in the shortness of our days : for " Man, that is born of a woman, is of few days, " and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a " flower, and is cut down." Let us so live, that when that time comes, good people may regret us,. and weep over our... | |
 | 1842
...laid into the earth,^ the Minister shall say, or the Minister and Clerks shall sing : rn of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth...and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and eontinueth not. Job xiv. 1, I.* 3. the Minister shall say. tth pleased Almighty God, in his good Providence,... | |
 | Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...man, declares the same to the world in these words : " Man that is born of a woman is of few davs, and full of trouble: he cometh forth like a flower,...he fleeth, also as a shadow, and continueth, not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and briiu;est me this old rooted vice, and to culti-... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1802 - 332 pages
...Our foundation is in the duft, and we dwell in cottages of clay. • Man that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble: he cometh forth like a flower, he fleeth alfo as a fhadow and is not. Lord, what is man? Surely every man livingj even at his beft... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 306 pages
...Account of the Shortnefs and Troubles of Life confidered. JOB XIV. I, 1. Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble —He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fice'.h alfo as a fhadow, and continueth not. I HERE is fomething in this refle&ion of holy Job's upon... | |
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Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 
