...mortal man be more just than God ? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? Behold, he put no tr.U3t in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly : how much less on them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the...

...are numerous in Asia Minor, the language of the Book of Job is strictly applicable (Job iv. 18, 19): Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his...how much less in them that dwell in houses of clay ! The situation of Sarakioi is so low, that I should suppose the whole neighbourhood must be a morass...

...Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much less m fed you in the wilderness, when 1 brought you forth...from the land of Egypt 33 And Moses said unto Aar ? 20 They are destroyed from morning to evening ; they perish for ever without any regarding it. 21...

...Any thing that God commissions is powerful enough to cause your immediate death. We dwell, says Job, in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. (Job iv. 19.) Not before the elephant or the lion, the tiger or the bear, merely, not before that which...

...frequency of the event But, alas ! nothing is so little thought of— So true are the words of Eliphaz; "They are destroyed from morning to evening : they perish for ever, without any regarding it" The subject is irksome and awful ; and the whole study of the multitude is to banish and keep it from...

...are numerous in Asia Minor, the language of the Book of Job is strictly applicable (Job iv. 18,19): Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged uri,th folly: how much less in them that dwell in hoiuei of clay I The situation of Sarakioi is so...

...heard a voice, saying, Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his...is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth ? 334 JOB, IV. 12—19. [454. THE controversy on the part of Job's friends is here begun : and Eliphaz...

...hireling'. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing; because our days upon earth are a shadow '. We dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth 3 . Wise men also die and perish together, as well as the ignorant and foolish, and leave their riches...

...the frailest materials, built upon the heap of similar dwelling-places, now reduced to rubbish : ' How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust ! '" 6. The splendid temples of Egypt were not built, in all probability, till after the time of Solomon...

...ii. 63 ;) which command is repeated Nehemiah vii. 65. " And shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? Behold, he put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly." (Job iv. 17, 18.) As for God, his way is perfect, (Ps. xviii. 30,) and his commands are pure, (xix...