| William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 486 pages
...All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the fleld: the grass mthereth, the flower fadeth, because the. Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. But the life of man is also compared to a shadow.—Hefleeth as a shadow, and cont'muetk not. In the... | |
| 1835
...fortieth chapter of his prophecy, uses this language: " The voice said, Cry. And he said, what shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof...bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass witherSERMONON 1 PETER I. 24, 25. I. THE INSTABILITY OF MAN AND OF HIS AFFAIRS; eth, the flower fadeth:... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...prevent the execution of them. So Peter a/iplits the words in his Jirxt epistle, chap.l, 23—25. 7 the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower...because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely thepeo9 О Zion, that bringest çood tidings, or, О thon that feilest good tidings to Zion, get thee... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...wilderness. XL. 4 Every valley shall be c.ralted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. XL. 1 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the...LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. As the grass withereth and as the flower fadeth, upon every nipping wind or scorching sun ; so do and... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...together; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever. O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 458 pages
...flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withtreth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. But the life of man is also compared to a shadow.— He fleeth as a shadow, and contimieth not. In... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...said, Cry, And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever," Isai. xl. 6'—8. The Almighty calls the people grass because... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 408 pages
...when the Spirit of God blows upon thee: ''All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, the flower...fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it." It is this, my dear brother, and not legal strivings, that will blast vain thoughts, wither human glory,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1848 - 494 pages
...know it no more.'—Psalm ciii. 15, 16. ' All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever.'—Isaiah xl. 6—8. ' We all do fade as a leaf.'—Isaiah... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - Christian life - 1814 - 584 pages
...shall blow upon '« them and they shall wither, and the " whirlwind shall take them away as " stubble. The grass withereth, the " flower fadeth, because..." the Lord bloweth upon it; surely " the people is as grass. The grass " withereth ; the flower fadeth. Bur " THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL " STAND FOR JEVER... | |
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