 | James Parsons - 1830 - 554 pages
...representations as to the state of man. " In the morning, they are like grass which groweth up ; in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth."* — Sometimes life may appear to * Psalm xc. 5, 6. occupy extended dimensions,— yet the period will... | |
 | 1830 - 106 pages
...watch in the night. 5. Thou earnest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : 6. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; In the evening it is cut down, and withereth. 7. For we are consumed by thine anger, And by thy wrath are we troubled. 8. Thou hast set our iniquities... | |
 | James Marsh - 1830 - 608 pages
...man, are often literally and precisely verified : " He is like the grass, in the morning it flourishes and groweth up, in the evening it is cut down and withereth." 3. Death is a prevalent insuperable evil : Hence the proverbial expression, Strong as death, that subdues... | |
 | James Marsh - 1830 - 946 pages
...man, are often literally and precisely verified : " He is like the grass, in the morning it flourishes and groweth up, in the evening it is cut down and withereth." 3. Death is a prevalent insuperable evil : Hence the proverbial expression, Strong as death, that subdues... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 574 pages
...smitten, exactly agreeable to the representation made of man's life in Psalm xc. 6. " In the morning it flourisheth and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down and witheretli." The worm that smote the gourd, represents the cause of man's death. The gourd was... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 604 pages
...are as a sleep: In the morning they are like grass, which groweth up: in the morning it flourished! and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth. For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. Thou hast set our iniquities... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1831 - 424 pages
...— they are as a sleep, — they are like the grass which groweth up in the morning ; in the morning it flourisheth and groweth up, — in the evening it is cut down and withereth. Many generations have already passed away since that hour when the heavens and the earth arose ; they... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up ; in the evening it is cut down and withereth." b This comparison of the space of human life with the time, in which herbs of the field are permitted... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 504 pages
...down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep; or as grass: in the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human... | |
 | William Godwin - 1831 - 496 pages
...as a shadow, and continueth not." We are " as a sleep; or as grass: in the morning it flourished!, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth." The foundation of this sentiment is obvious. Men do not live for ever. The longest duration of human... | |
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For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and... 
