 MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.  London, by David Hughson - Page 251by Edward Pugh - 1809Full view - About this book
 | James Gratrix - 1843 - 380 pages
...most fourscore : but the great majority of the human race never see this advanced period ; for " man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a... | |
 | John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 pages
...sacred truth, that their days are but, " as it were, a span long '." Who considereth well that " man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery?" that "he cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower ?" that " he fleeth... | |
 | Thomas Becon - 1844 - 662 pages
...FULL truly is it said of the holy man Job, that noble mirror of perfect Job xi». patience : " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and yet in the time that he liveth he is replenished with many miseries. He cometh up and withereth... | |
 | 1844 - 320 pages
...resurrection and the life. Whosoever believeth in me shall not perish, but hath everlasting life." Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery ; he cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow,... | |
 | John Cosin - 1845 - 428 pages
...no long tarrying, O my God. Glory be to the Father, &c. As it was in the beginning, &c. JOB 14. Man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth away like a shadow,... | |
 | 1866 - 824 pages
...emphatically is Divine Providence reading us a solemn and momentous truth in this ceremonial, that ' man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live; he fleeth as a shadow, and continucth not.' By the sudden and unlooked-for decease of our truly... | |
 | Donald Harman Akenson, Don Akenson - 1992 - 264 pages
...her that she is in charge now, that for all intents and purposes she is the man of the family. Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He camella up, and is cut down, like a flower; iie fleeth as it were a... | |
 | Hugh Ruppersburg - 1992 - 606 pages
...solemn silence was broken by the faltering voice of the surgeon, who read the burial service. "Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow,... | |
 | W. Somerset Maugham - 1993 - 472 pages
...passengers, the white stewards and the European officers. The missionary read the burial service. 'Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down, like a flower; hefleeth as it were a shadow,... | |
 | David L. Holmes - 1993 - 260 pages
...the Book of Common Prayer, phrases from the burial service became part of the common language: Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. ... In the midst of life we are in death. . . . Forasmuch as it hath pleased... | |
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