 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 pàgines
...a frail, perishing creature of a day, that dies before the moth ! " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble; he cometh forth like a flower;" he may be blooming and gay, and diffusing fragrance around him, but " like a flower he is cut down... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 pàgines
...know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.—Job viii. 9. 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.— xiv. 1, 2. Man, that is of woman born, How fleeting... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1835 - 764 pàgines
...angels, can retain us here when death says, Depart, or God says, Come. " 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 continued) not." Prepared, or unprepared, we must go. Man's life is like... | |
 | Thomas Bissland - 1835 - 434 pàgines
...beautiful and forcible description of the brevity of human life—" Man that is born of a woman is of a 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." It concludes with a pathetic appeal to the Almighty—"... | |
 | George William Lewis - 1836 - 446 pàgines
...incontrovertible by any argument, that " man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of trouble ; he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down, he fleeth like a shadow and continueth not." Supported by the daily evidence of the senses, it is a truth... | |
 | Short family prayers - 1838 - 160 pàgines
...BENEDICTORY PRAYER. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, &c. TUESDAY EVENING. 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 as a shadow, and continueth not. His days are determined, they are as an hand-breadth ; verily,... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 640 pàgines
...cover thee, and " the worm shall feed sweetly on thee," Job xxiv. 20. " 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. On the day when thy poor body shall be... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 620 pàgines
...beloved friend, who attended him in his last living moments, pronounced, " Man that is horn 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," &c., Job xiv. 1—6. How affecting this remark when applied... | |
 | 1840 - 420 pàgines
...cut down and wither away. I. The state of man's present existence. " 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.'' Our origin is in the dust—"Dust thou art, and to dust... | |
 | John Leifchild, Redford (Rev. Dr.) - 1838 - 586 pàgines
...darkened;" yet of the majority, how true are the words of Job—" Man that is born of woman is short of days and full of trouble; he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." Youth and maturity, far from being exempt from the attacks... | |
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of it. 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 
