...Lyranus only, but by the Jesuit Pineda also,) is mine house ,• / have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ; to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. This is that common sepulchre, non factum sed natum, " not made by the hand of man, but provided by...

...Metaphor is that figure by which the proper denomination of one thing is applied to another, as, " I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.'' — Job. Allegory is a continuation of metaphors, all referring to the same general idea. A simile...

...the wood is prepared." " Why do you all look so anxious ? I am not ready for the washing." 14. — "I have said to corruption, Thou art my father ; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." Those who retire from the world to spend their lives in a desert place, for the purpose of performing...

...graves are ready for me. My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. And where is now my hope ' as for my hope, who shall see it V " If I wait, t&e grave ts mine house." He must therefore have reference to the most glorious of all...

...be impregnated with sin. " My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. I have said to corruption, thou art my father ; to the worm, thou art my mother, and my sister." * The immaculate holiness of our glorious Immanuel is prefigured in the external character of Joseph,...

...bop«. have made my bed in the darkness. Ante I. Ol. 14 I have E said to corruption, Ante'uic.c.Vw. Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. 15 And where is now my hope 1 as for my hope, who shall see itï 16 They shall go down h to the bars...

...step towards the grave." The day will come when the frail tenement shall be consigned to the dust. " I have said to Corruption, Thou art my father ; to the Worm, Thon art my mother and my sister." This world will soon be to me a mere nothing. I shall exist : but...

...short because of darkness. If I wait, the grave is mine house : I have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father : to...of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. Response 1, Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye...

...its pride. " The worm shall feed sweetly upon him ; he shall be no more remembered." Job xxiv. 20. " I have said to corruption, Thou art my father : to the worm> Thou art my mother and my sister." Job xvii. 14. But to the hour of death the benefit of the Redemption is applied ; the sentence, although...

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