 | William Lowfield Fancourt - 1830 - 554 pages
...his life ; and thought upon those passages of Holy Writ, which remind us so eloquently that " man who is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and never continueth in one stay ;" it seemed to me that none would express the reflections, which occurred... | |
 | John Wesley - 1830 - 568 pages
...required of thee." 5. Is not thy life as unstable as a cloud ; fluctuating, as a bubble on the water ? It fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. "Many years!" Who is sure of one day? And is it not an instance both of the wisdom and goodness of... | |
 | Rev. Thomas Stanley Monck (the younger.) - 1831 - 186 pages
...born unto trouble, as the * Gen. i. 31. t Gen. ii. 17, 19. t Job, v. 7. sparks fly upward." — * He hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery...were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay." This fallen world is now " filled with lamentation and mourning and woe," the dismal offspring of sin.... | |
 | King's Chapel (Boston, Mass.) - 1831 - 438 pages
...; and cause us to rejoice in the humble hope that every thing shall work together for good. In the midst of life we are in death ; of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O God. Restrain the progress of this disorder, if it be agreeable to thy blessed will. May those lives... | |
 | James Yonge - 1832 - 594 pages
...remains of some loved friend, while the minister of religion . pronounced Q those affecting words, " Man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay ; " who among you, I ask, has then failed to make a secret acknowledgment to himself, that the shortness... | |
 | Elizabeth Holmes - 1832 - 300 pages
...trembling with emotion, and yet so deep and solemn, that every word touched the hearer's heart, said, ' Man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery'—Full of misery] O what true words! At that moment there was a sudden movement amongst the... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 734 pages
...man upon earth." The course of man is not indeterminate, but has ita limits, and they are narrow : " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time." If we had not the testimony of Scripture on this point, it would be reasonable to conclude, from our... | |
 | 1832 - 324 pages
...solitude, on the brink of that waiting grave, it poured forth its pathos, its sublimity, its consolation. ' Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...midst of life, we are in death. Of whom may we seek succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased ? Yet, O Lord God most holy, O... | |
 | 1833 - 588 pages
...the words of the Burial service, " Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live." * * * " He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth...continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death." * * * * While these solemn words were sung, the body was deposited in its last resting place,... | |
 | 1832 - 320 pages
...solitude, on the brink of that waiting grave, it poured forth its pathos, its sublimity, its consolation. ' Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower, he fleet)] as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life, we are in death.... | |
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MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. 
