 | James Parsons - 1830 - 554 pages
...of time, and the possibility of losing every possession and leaving every connexion in a moment. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to now, ye that say, To-day, or to-morrow, we will go into such a city, and... | |
 | Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue - 1830 - 366 pages
...near. (Isai. i. 6.) " To day, if you will hear his voice, harden not your heart." (Psa. xcv. 7, 8.) " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Prov. xxvii. 1.) "Now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation." (2 Cor.... | |
 | 1831 - 624 pages
...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1 792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pages
...As no man reasonably can be elevated with confidence in a good state, presuming on its duration, (' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth;') so no man should be dejected for a bad one, in suspicion that it will abide long... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1831 - 620 pages
...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what' a day may bring forth1 — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,... | |
 | 1831 - 670 pages
...are not to do evil that good may come. As to your future intentions, as a minister of the Gospel, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." And if you be a parent, or a husband, is it not written, " Leave thy fatherless children,... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 pages
...can infallibly tell that his life shall be continued here, even for another day, or another night. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) This night thy soul may be required. (Luke xii. 20.) There are thousands... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...removal : their relations arrive just in time to see them die, or they die in the midst of strangers. They little imagined that when they left their own...thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to now, ye that say, To day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 pages
...steps. G If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 7 Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. We know not what shall be on the morrow. ' Great men are not always wise, neither... | |
 | Eleazer Sherman - 1832 - 308 pages
...funeral sermon that he should preach. The text that Elder Brig»s preached from, was Prov. xxvii. 1: ''Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." The sermon was suited to the occasion, and was solemn and interesting to all. The... | |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
