 | 1799 - 404 pages
...curfe of the divine law, the wrath of God abiding on them : its language refpedting diem is, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie, to be laid in the balance j they are altogether lighter than vanity." Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 606 pages
...warnings of the folly of thofe, who travel in the path of ambition, and put their truft in man. " Surely " men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree " are a lie. Put not your truft in princes, nor in the fou " of man, in whom there is no help. Happy is he... | |
 | Thomas Case - 1802 - 184 pages
...comes for a draught of water to quench his thirst, sends him away with confusion and shame. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : Men of low degree would help, but cannot — there is vanity ; and men of high degree can help... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...another Psalm, to set forth the want of virtue in mankind of all orders and degrees, it is said, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid ia the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." In opposition to this, the... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...mere vanity, and utterly deceitful in the irust that is put in them : let vanity be LXII. 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether' ligiiter than vanity. laid in one end of the... | |
 | 1809 - 674 pages
...This repetition of the h'rft Terfe, with the change of perfon, is very beautiful. . . 9] "" Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are »&: «» bo laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity-" Qib. urunf. 10 O truft... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...sanctuary : " All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the Lord weigheth the spirits." " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie; to be laid in the balance together they are altogether lighter than vanity," Psal. Ixii. 9. In... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...as a shadow ? (V) Surely every man walkethin a vain shew ^ surely they are disquieted in vain. (t) Men. of low degree are vanity, and men of.' high degree are a He. Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity. (K) The thoughts of men are vanity. (I)... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1864 - 598 pages
...and wrangling through the world; of the repeated lesson of history and contemporary experience that " men of low degree are vanity and men of high degree are a lie, to be weighed in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity ;" in the presence of all... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 530 pages
...reflection, that which hath no reality in it. There is a notable expression in Psalm 62. 9. " surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie." They are the greater lie of the two npon this account, because greatness promiseth something,... | |
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 
