| Henry Scougal - 1830 - 430 Seiten
...eternal sweetness ; and to be lost, as it were, in the source and fountain of happiness and bliss ! " Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him ; or the son of man, that thou makest such account of him ? What is man, that thou shouldst set thine heart so much upon him ? O that men... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 602 Seiten
...shouldest magnify him? andJohvi1.ij. thai thou shouldest set thy heart upon him? Lord,?*- cxiiv. 3. what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou makest such account of him ? Now thus to instil into the minds of men a right and worthy notion of God, is... | |
| Elizabeth Strutt - 1830 - 272 Seiten
...repose : And, when life's rough day is past, Rest with thee in heav'n at last. For Saturday Evening. " Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth away." — Ps. cxliv. Safely, through another week, God has brought us on our way, Let us now a blessing seek... | |
| James Marsh - 1830 - 608 Seiten
...walketh in a vain shew, disquieteth, himself in vain, &c. Of all without exception it is pronounced, Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shadow that passeth away. As Ecclesiastes often, of all sublunary things, vanity of vanities, &c. Job 20. 7, 8, 9. Psal. 73.... | |
| James Marsh - 1830 - 946 Seiten
...walketh in a vain shew, disquieteth, himself in vain, &c. Of all without exception it is pronounced, Man is like to vanity, his days are as a shadow that passeth away. As Ecclesiastes often, of all sublunary things, vanity of vanities, &c. Job 20. 7, 8, 9. Psal. 73.... | |
| 1830 - 864 Seiten
...i« man, that ihou lakes! knowledge of him ! or the son of man, that thou makes! account of him ! 4 Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passelh away. 5 Bow thy heavens, О LORD, and come down : touch the mountains, and they shall unoke.... | |
| William Bates - 1831 - 382 Seiten
...inconceivable distance there is between God and man, that it is wonderful God will spend a thought upon us. "Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of...vanity; his days are as a shadow that passeth away," Psalm cxliv. 3, 4. His being in this world hath nothing firm or solid ; it is like a shadow that depends... | |
| 1831 - 676 Seiten
...high tower, and my deliverer ; my shield, and he in whom I trust ; who subdueth my people under me. 3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him:...or the son of man, that thou makest account of him ! 4 Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. 5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and... | |
| Henry Scougal - 1831 - 282 Seiten
...of eternal sweetness, and to be lost, as it were, in the source and fountain of happiness and bliss! Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him? or the son of man, that thou makest such account of him? and that thou shouldst set thine heart so much upon him? Oh that men would therefore... | |
| David Marks - 1831 - 410 Seiten
...companion and numerous relatives, who wept as though they had no remaining comfort. Then I said, " Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away." Nov. 4, 1825, closed twenty years of my life, and it was a day of much reflection and solemnity. As... | |
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