For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. Discourses on Various Subjects - Page 269by Jeremy Taylor - 1816Full view - About this book
| Christian life - 1829 - 412 pages
...benevolence,' and ' spirit of charity,' — being founded on a false and destructive basis, — they are " as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again." Throughout this maledictory Epistle we meet with sentiments denounced by its author, which we rejoice... | |
| Daniel Sandford (Bishop of Edinburgh), John Sandford - 1830 - 372 pages
...voice which tells them, that " in the midst of life we are in death," that " we must needs die ; and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God respect any person." — It was the funeral of a Christian, the servant of him who... | |
| Daniel Sandford (bp. of Edinburgh.) - 1830 - 352 pages
...voice which tells them, that " in the midst of life we are in death," that " we must needs die ; and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God respect any person." — It was the funeral of a Christian, the servant of him who... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Smart Hughes - Theology - 1831 - 444 pages
...mortality of man and his subjection to death, as the effects of sin and disobedience. All must die. We are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. 1. We are as water, weak and of no consistency, always descending, abiding in no certain place, unless... | |
| Adam Clarke - God - 1831 - 334 pages
...every human being. In this general way the widow of Tekoa herself nses it:—For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not ^expelled from... | |
| Old Humphrey - Epitaphs - 1832 - 222 pages
...which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Sam. xiv. 14. For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again: neither doth God respect any person ; yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from... | |
| George Mogridge - 1832 - 222 pages
...which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Sam. xiv. 14. For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again: neither doth God respect any person; yet doth he devise means that his bauished be not expelled from... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...thee." She adduces two arguments. The first drawn from man's mortality : " For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again ; neither doth God respect any person" — As much as to say, Amnoii would VOL. II. 13 have died if... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...Pi. xc. 10. .linl he died, &c.] See verse 8. 11. 14, fee. Chap. iii. 19. For we must needs die and are as water spilt on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. 2 Sam. xiv. 14. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...the sea.' 7 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 8 For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again: 9 Neither doth God respect any person; yet doth he devise means that his banished be not expelled from... | |
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