 | Jonathan Mayhew - 1763 - 378 страници
...obvious truths than thcfe : That " man that is born of a womap,is of few days and " full of trouble : He cometh forth as a flower, " and is cut down ; he fleeth alfo as a fhadow, " and continueth not." How frequent are the examples of mortality, even in the young... | |
 | William Matthews (of Bath.) - 1786 - 246 страници
...my life been." And in Job, " Man that is born of a woman, is but " of few days, and full of trouble: he cometh " forth as a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth " alfo, as a fhadow, and continueth not." But the doctrines of the gofpel fhould rather excite our... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 страници
...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... | |
 | Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 страници
...passers by, " 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. I like to look on etchings, drawings, engravings, and pictures, and am oftentimes spell-bound... | |
 | 1813 - 996 страници
...these words : " Man that is born of a woman is of few davs, 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 briiu;est me this old rooted vice, and to culti-... | |
 | 1842
...Minister and Clerks shall sing : rn 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 eontinueth not. Job xiv. 1, I.* 3. the Minister shall say. tth pleased Almighty God, in his good Providence,... | |
 | John Lathrop - 1804 - 54 страници
...and his age is, as nothing, before Thee. Verily every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. He cometh forth, as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also, as a shadow, and continueth not. We are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. O God, so teach us to number our... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 страници
...From the same. 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. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 470 страници
...born of a woman, is V i • • ' k' of few days, and full of misery ; — that he com" eth forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he " fleeth also as a shadow, and continucth not." The words of the text are an epitome of the natural and moral vanity of man, and contain... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1806 - 578 страници
...accident rather 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 con" tinueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its... | |
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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. 
