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" Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. "
The English Version of the Polyglott Bible: Containing the Old and New ...
1840 - 1115 pages
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Sermons on various subjects, with a preface [by J. Duchal].

John Abernethy - 1751 - 420 pages
...external conditions of men, of all ftatipns in life, as confirm what the Pfalmift faith, Pfal. Ixii. 9. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and, men of high degree are a lie ; to be laid in the. ballance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Thefe changes very often have unhappy effedts on...
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Rhetoric; Or, A View of Its Principal Tropes and Figures, in Their Origin ...

Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...before GOD are as nothing; >J and they are counted to him as lefs than no" thing/*" And Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely men of " low degree are vanity, and men..." are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are al* together lighter than vanity." G 3 ' § 3* — — Ipfe arduus altaque pulfat Sidera • JLneid....
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Sacred Extracts: Or, Books and Chapters Selected from the New and Old ...

1788 - 598 pages
...my refuge is in God. 8 Truftinhim at all times; ye people, pour out ycur heart before him : God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 Surely men of low degree...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 10 Truft notinoppreffion, and become not vain in robbery : If riches increafe, fet not your heart upon...
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Life in God's Favour ... being the substance of Sunday Sermons upon Psalm xxx. 5

Oliver HEYWOOD - 1796 - 274 pages
...of this folicitude is unworthy the purfuit. It it could be gained, where would be the advantage ? " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." But the favour of God is life ; his fmile is felicity ; his frown is deftruftion. Heaven and earth...
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Life in God's Favour. A Seasonable Discourse in Death-threatening Times ...

Oliver Heywood - 1796 - 272 pages
...of this folicitude is unworthy the purfuit. If it could be gained, where would be the advantage ? " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." But the favour of God is life ; his finile is felicity ; his frown is deftruftion. Heaven and earth...
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The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone ...

John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1798 - 420 pages
...many warnings of the folly of thole who travel in the path of ambition, and put their truft in man. ' Surely men of low degree are ' vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Put ' not your truft in princes, nor in the fon of man, ' in whom there is no help. Happy is he that...
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The Universalist's Miscellany, Or, Philanthropist's Museum, Volume 3

1799 - 394 pages
...the curfe of the divine law, the wrath of God abiding on them : its language refpecling them is, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance ; they are altogether lighter than vanity." Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely every man walketh in a vain fhew," &c. Pfalm xxxix. 6. " Now we know, that...
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The Universalist's Miscellany, Or, Philanthropist's Museum, Volume 3

1799 - 404 pages
...the curfe of the divine law, the wrath of God abiding on them : its language refpedting diem is, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie, to be laid in the balance j they are altogether lighter than vanity." Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely every man, walketh in a vain fliew,"...
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Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)

Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 310 pages
...bay. tree ; uet he passed away, and lo, he was not : I sought kirn, out he c.mld not be found. Surety men of high degree are a lie, to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity. — I said, ye are Gods, and all of you are children of the most High : but ye shall die like men,—...
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Correction, instruction: or, The rod and the word

Thomas Case - 1802 - 184 pages
...when he comes for a draught of water to quench his thirst, sends him away with confusion and shame. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : Men of low degree would help, but cannot — there is vanity ; and men of high degree can help many...
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