 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...enjoy the sleep of nature, will by and by feel me chilling it with the damps of death. " Lord, make me " to know mine end and the measure of my days',...• ' " what it is, that I may know how frail I am !'' And surely it requires contrivance and difficulty to keep off reflection so reasonable and salutary.... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what...how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee. Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest,... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it it; that I may know how frail 1 am. 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ;...nothing before thee : verily every man at his best state it altogether vanity. Selah. 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely they are disquieted... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...shall enjoy a long life, free from all such miserable or offensive disorders." Rather say, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am." Hence learn too, the much greater loathsomeness of sin. Some of you do not know what I mean by this... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1815 - 202 pages
...who has thy life in his hand, and say, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, that I may know how frail 'I am. Behold thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age as nothing before thee. Teach me to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wisdom."* Having... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 636 pages
...Thus, the Psalmist, meditating on the shortness of human life, and the certainty of death, says, " Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth,...verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity ;" and again, " Man is like to vanity, his davs pass away like a shadow." In perfect harmony with this... | |
 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...are right. St. Michael, Cornhill. Psalm xxxix. 5. Behold, thou hast made mr days as an hand breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee ; verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. St. Michael, Crooked-lane. Rev. Dr. Dakins. Matthew, xxv. IS. Watch, therefore, for ye know neither... | |
 | William Stern Palmer - 1817 - 178 pages
...suddenly it may be executed. To this state of uncertainty, the prayer of David is appropriate: Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I inay know how frail I am;9 for the knowledge of our frailty may cause attention to the Prophet's advice,... | |
 | Robert Huish - 1818 - 904 pages
...not give to another. Sermon preached by W. Turner, Hanover-Square, Ne&castle. PSALM xxxix. v. 5. " Behold, thou hast' made my days as an handbreadth...every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Selah. AS there is nothing in this world, the contemplation of THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE. which can afford... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 pages
...Jesus himself, " how long shall I be with you, " how long shall I suffer you ?" Matt. xvii. 17. 5. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth,...before thee : verily every man at his best state, Heb. settled, is altogether vanity. The age of man, or that of the world, is but a " span" in dimension,... | |
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Lord, make me to know mine end, And the measure of my days, what it is ; That I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth ; And mine age is as nothing before thee : Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. 
