| Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 páginas
...dead ;' they preach with a voice more eloquent than ours. They cry, ' Vanity of vanities. All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The world passeth away, and the lusts thereof. Surely man walketh in a vain shadow,' Eccles. i. 2 ; Isa.... | |
| William Lothian - 1828 - 580 páginas
...glittering pageant got up for a particular occasion, and gradually receding from the sight. " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, and the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it," (Isa. xl. 7-) Thus "the world... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 páginas
...this day. — Isa. xxxviii. 1, 2. 10, 11. 18,19. All flesh is grass, and all the goodline^ thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadcth, because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Isa. xl. 6 — 8. James i. 10, 11. 1 Pet. i.... | |
| Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 páginas
...remembereth that we are dust. The days "of man are but as grass; he flourisheth as a flower of the " fieW ; for as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and " the place thereof shall know it no more. But the merciful good" ness of the Lord endureth for. ever and ever upon them... | |
| Church of England - 1829 - 668 páginas
...are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as grass : fat he flourisheth as a flower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it. it is gone : and the place thereof shall k :.• it no more. 17 But the merciful goodness of the Lon endureth for ever and ever upon them... | |
| Thomas Townson - 1830 - 462 páginas
...and concludes the passage thus : " The voice said, Cry ; and he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof, is as the...the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the Word of our God shall stand for ever." To this place of Isaiah, Saint Peter refers, in the... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1830 - 588 páginas
...gone. Man is like grass, and like a flower : " All flesh (even the strongest and most healthy flesh) is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The grass is flourishing in the morning, but, in the evening, being cut down by the mowers, it is withered: so... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1830 - 410 páginas
...like the grass, and like a flower, Isa. xl. 6, "All flesh (even the strongest and most healthy flesh) is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The grass is flourishing in the morning; but, in the evening is lying a corpse, being cut down by the mowers,... | |
| Thomas Greene (bp. of Ely.) - 1830 - 198 páginas
...continuance;" For " the days of man are but as grass ; for he flourisheth as a flower of the field, which as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone, and the place thereof shall know it no more." Psalm ciii. 15, 16. .Now these two things considered together, the uncertainty... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 páginas
...we are but dust. 15 The days of man are but as rass; for he flourisheth as a Bower of the field. 16 For as soon as the wind goeth over it, it is gone; and the ilace thereof shall know it no 17 But. the merciful goodness if the Lord endureth for ever and ever... | |
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