| Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...! ' , »~. , > Our Days on the Earth are as a (a) Jot xiv. I, 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 alfo asa SHADOW, and o nit: ninth not. And dolt thon open thine Eyes upon liich an one, ard bringelt him... | |
| Daniel Wilcox - 1744 - 484 pages
...any day or hour, that we ihall not therein be difmiiTed out of it. 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 ßeeth fllfo as aßsadow, and continueth not. And as our life goes off, death draws near, and we are... | |
| Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 418 pages
...once a cloud come, the fhadow vanifhes. Job xiv. I, 2. Man that is born of a woman, is of few days t and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fieeth alfo as a /hadow, and continuctb not. Gen. xlvii. 9. Few and evil have the days of the years... | |
| Clement Ellis - 1756 - 266 pages
...told us, Job xiv. i, 2. Man that is lorn of a Woman, is of few Days, and full of Trouble. He cometh up like a Flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth alfo as a Shadow^ and continuetb not. And Pfal. ciii. 15. As for Man, his Days are as Grafs, • as ' a Flower... | |
| 1772 - 364 pages
...ihould attempt to execute. Job has long fince done it, where he fays: " Man that is born oFa woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a fiower, and is cut down: he fleetli alfo as a lhadow, and continueth not." Thefe words do not want... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 480 pages
...JOB viv. i, a. 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 alfo as a fludow, and cou. tinueth not. SERMON XI. p. 209. Evil . Speaking. JAMES I. 26. If any man among you... | |
| John Disney - 1793 - 460 pages
...that is paid to that univerfal truth, which is fo elegantly exprefled by Job; " Mati " cometh forth like a flower, and is cut " down; he fleeth alfo as a Ihadow, and * c continueth notf." Neverthelefs, take man to thofe fceries which immediately interefl his afte&ions,... | |
| William Martin Trinder - 1793 - 312 pages
...forgotten. And in the text, the life of man is compared to a flower and to a fhadow* " Man cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth alfo as a ihadow, and continued! not." The flowers of the field grow out of the earth; and man alfo was formed from the ground.... | |
| William Dalrymple - 1794 - 148 pages
...moifture and cold. How foon and how inftruflingly again do they fall! " 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," Job. xiv. i, 2. " Fret not thyfelf becaufe of " evil doers, neither be thou envious... | |
| Old Humphrey - 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 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,... | |
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