 Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.  Prayer - Page 4by John Lathrop - 1804 - 41 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 388 pages
...nothing ; because our days upon earth are a shadow. Man, that is born of a womr.n, is of few Q days. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down. He fleeth also as a shadow* and continueth not. I said to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. One dicth... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Authors, Scottish - 1807 - 416 pages
...accident rather than of art : " Man that is bora of a woman " is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh *{ forth as a flower, and is cut down ;...he fleeth " also as a shadow, and continueth not.'' Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its harmony ; and yet every... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - Authors, Scottish - 1807 - 414 pages
...rather than of art : " Man that is born of a woman " is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh Jl forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth " also as a shadow, and continueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its harmony ; and yet every... | |
 | Sir William Forbes - 1807 - 410 pages
...accident rather than of art : " Man that is born of a woman " is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh " forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth " also as a shadow, and continuetli not. ' Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its... | |
 | Sir William Forbes, James Beattie - College teachers - 1807 - 572 pages
...accident rather than of art : " Man that is born of a " woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a " flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and con" tinueth not." Virgil himself would not versify the following passage, for fear of hurting its... | |
 | Thomas Smith Webb - Freemasonry - 1808 - 348 pages
...travelling through this vale of tears. Man that is born of a woman, is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. Seeing -his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds... | |
 | Samuel Scott - Quakers - 1809 - 288 pages
...youth, is in a declining State. What is man, but the creature of an hour, as a bubble upon the water? " he cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." May the Lord 1n mercy, from whom only are the deliverances from death, prolong yet a little, a life... | |
 | Samuel Scott - Quakers - 1809 - 296 pages
...youth, is in a declining state. What is man, but the creature of an hour, as a bubble upon the water? " he cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." May the Lord in mercy, from whom only are the deliverances from death, prolong yet a little, a life... | |
 | Mary Waring - Experience (Religion) - 1809 - 576 pages
...youth, is in a declining state. What is man, but the creature of an hour, as a bubble upon the water? ': he cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." May the Lord in mercy, from whom only are the deliverances from death, prolong yet a little, a life... | |
 | John Bevans - Religious education of children - 1810 - 134 pages
...Job. xiv. 1. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. 4. Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. i Psal. Ii. 5. Behold I was shapen in iniquity;... | |
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