...told."—"We must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again."—"Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he 1" But after I had heard the happy birds in the cedar tree, my thoughts took a contented, a hopeful,...

...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the ftock thereof dry in the ground ; yet through the (cent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' (3.) We affirm, by the Authority of this text, That all the Jwift cation was not broken off, but oiily...

...night, and never riseth more. " For there " is hope," says he, " of a tree, if it be cut " down, that it will sprout again, and that the " tender branch thereof...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the " stock die in the ground; yet through the " scent of the water it will bud, and bring forth " boughs like...

...frequently to go down, yet he constantly seems to rise again, and shines whh the same glory*, ver. 5. but man dieth, and wasteth away, yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? he lieth down, and riseth not till the heavens be no more. 3. From the wind, the common emblem of...

...root thereof wax old " in the earth, and th6 flock thereof die " in the ground: yet through the fcent of " water it will bud, and bring forth boughs " like a plant* But man dieth and wafl" eth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghoft, " and where is he ? As the waters fail from " the fea,...

...of his age. Even holy Job calls it, "A land of darkness, as darkness itself." And again he says, " Man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he .'" What becomes, at present, of the lifeless body, is plainly seen : but where, or what, the unbodied...

...hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; for there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof...giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not : till the...

...thereof wax old in the earth, and " the ftock thereof die in the ground ; yet, through ** the fcent of water it will bud, and bring forth " boughs like a plant : but man dieth, and is cut " off ; man giveth up the ghoft, and where is he ? " As the waters fail from the fea ; as the...

...will sprout again, and that the tender 8 branch thereof wjll not cease. Though the root thereof wax 9 old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; [Yet] through the scent of water, any mointure that comes near it, it 10 will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth,...

...never-waking sleep ! But Job having expressed a similar idea in the former division of the sentence, exclaims: But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea man giveth up the ghost, and — where is he? These three words afford a more complete idea of the total extinction, and insignificancy of man, than...