| Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...REWARD ALSO IS WITH THE LORD, AND THE CARE OF THEM IS WITH THE MOST HIGH. VERSE II. HE COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER, AND IS CUT DOWN : HE FLEETH ALSO AS A SHADOW, AND CONTINUETH NOT. " THE firft of thefe fimiles beautifully reprefents the tender compofition of man's •' frame, which... | |
| William Martin Trinder - Sermons - 1793 - 312 pages
...foon afterwards 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 fhadbw, and condnueth not." The flowers of the field grow out of the earth ; and man alfo... | |
| Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...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, engravings, and pictures, and am oftentimes spell-bound... | |
| Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...in these words : " Man that is born of a woman is of few davs, and full of trouble: he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth, also as a shadow, and continueth, not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and briiu;est me this old rooted vice, and to culti-... | |
| 1842
...Minister and Clerks shall sing : rn 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 eontinueth not. Job xiv. 1, I.* 3. the Minister shall say. tth pleased Almighty God, in his good Providence,... | |
| 1814
...disappears, another springs up to supply his place. But " it is appointed unto all men once to die. ' — " Man cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth as a. shadow, and continaeth not." — " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower... | |
| John Lathrop - Memorial service - 1804 - 54 pages
...nothing, before Thee. Verily every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. He cometh forth, as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also, as a shadow, and continueth not. We are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. O God, so teach us to number our days, that... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...wisdom. From the same. 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. Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 470 pages
...is born of a woman, is V i • • ' k' of few days, and full of misery ; — that he com" eth forth like a flower, and is cut down ; he " fleeth also as a shadow, and continucth not." The words of the text are an epitome of the natural and moral vanity of man, and contain... | |
| James Fisher - Meditations - 1806 - 352 pages
...again no more : " 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. 2. Man in infancy flourisheth like a flower, springeth up in childhood, blossometh and buddeth... | |
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