 | 1836 - 440 pagine
...solemn, and not less affecting or poetically beautiful — " Man 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 continued! not." Vet, is it not most extraordinary, thai surrounded as we •re by these" lessons upon... | |
 | Thomas Carpenter (schoolmaster.) - 1828 - 332 pagine
...with all thy might. Deut. vi. 4, 5. 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.* Job xiv. 1,2. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pagine
...towards his creatures. " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh up like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not; as a rotten thins;, he consumeth, or wasteth away, as a garment that is moth-eaten.... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pagine
...this vale of tears. 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 contmueth not. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, thou hast * appointed... | |
 | 1828 - 506 pagine
...him from his birth. Afflictions weigh him down, and " make his beauty to consume away like a moth." " He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down : he fleeth like a shadow and continueth not." AH ranks and all ages alike experience one melancholy lot. The royal... | |
 | 1829 - 1012 pagine
...ETarment that is moth-eaten. CHAP. XIV. MAN that is born of a woman it of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and conlimieth not. 3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a une, and bringest me into judgment with... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1829 - 412 pagine
...people is grass :" Isa. xl, 6, 7. " 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:" Job xiv, 1, 2. And as the life of a man is but as " a vapour, that appeareth for a... | |
 | Christopher Ralph Muston - 1830 - 458 pagine
...inquiry — " And where is he?" Thus " 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."* What combinations are here of meanness and grandeur ! What a striking contrast between... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1799 - 152 pagine
...rejoices in his happy situation. I. " 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." " And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 630 pagine
...sorrows of this life are but short. 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. (Job xiv. 1, 2.) Though our days are evil, they are but few. (Gen. xlvii. 9.) As our... | |
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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. 
