| Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - Unitarianism - 1822 - 366 pages
...language of eastern poetry, which immediately precedes the text. "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 as a shadow and continueth not. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,... | |
| Otis Thompson - Funeral sermons - 1821 - 28 pages
...children, have had the happiness to see them all arrive to maturity. " 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 e fleeth also as a shadow, and co.ntinueth not." What multitudes die in infancy and childhood ! It... | |
| 1821 - 614 pages
...month, she was brought to the grave. The text of her funeral sermon was, "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 (tooth also as a shadow, and con1 inuoth not." Job xiv. 1, 2. Present good health affords you no security... | |
| Miss Grierson - 1821 - 92 pages
...of few .days,' saith the afflicted Patriarch, 'of few days and full of trouble^ he cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he!' — Where is he! — 'As... | |
| British prose literature - 1821 - 406 pages
...than of art : " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its harmony ; and yet every... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Sermons, English - 1821 - 448 pages
...therefore, seriously reflect, that "man born of a woman is of few days, that he cometh forth like a Sower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." 'Others there are on whom the interests of life have very strong hold, who relax their thoughts by... | |
| Arminianism - 1813 - 998 pages
...impressive sermon to a very large corv gregation, from Job xiv. 1, 2, rt Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth...•, he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." After the sermon was concluded, brother Aldis read the following account to the congregation, which... | |
| Morgan Williams - Epitaphs - 1822 - 728 pages
...hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Job xiv. 1 , 2. Man that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like...flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow and coutinueth not. Job xvi. 1 9. Behold my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. Job xxviii.... | |
| W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 pages
...Does Job compare man to a flower and a shadow? Man that is born of a woman, is of few days, and fuU of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is...down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. (14 Job, 1.) 9. How does Eliphaz speak of men? Them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...ships; as the eagle that hasteth to the prey."—Job, ix. 25, 26. " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth...cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not."—Job, xiv. 1, 2. " The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years... | |
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