The Portrait of Old Age: Wherein is Contained a Sacred Anatomy Both of Soul and Body, and a Perfect Account of the Infirmities of Age Incident to Them Both. Being a Paraphrase Upon the Six Former Verses of the XIIth Chapter of Ecclesiastes. By John Smith, ... |
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... state of wickedness , to a state of po- verty , to a state of spiritual desertion , to a fa- mine of bread , or of the Word of God , to the several dispersions and captivities of the Jews , to the destruction of both the temples , and ...
... state of wickedness , to a state of po- verty , to a state of spiritual desertion , to a fa- mine of bread , or of the Word of God , to the several dispersions and captivities of the Jews , to the destruction of both the temples , and ...
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... state , forasmuch as they are various , in respect of the dispositions of mens bodies , of their course of lives , and also of the places and ages in which they live . The lives of the Patriarchs before the flood were extended to almost ...
... state , forasmuch as they are various , in respect of the dispositions of mens bodies , of their course of lives , and also of the places and ages in which they live . The lives of the Patriarchs before the flood were extended to almost ...
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... state to state , from age to age , and never stay , till he come to these evil days , and unpleasant years mentioned in the text . There was , it is probable , within the compafs of the creation , that which had a natural property in it ...
... state to state , from age to age , and never stay , till he come to these evil days , and unpleasant years mentioned in the text . There was , it is probable , within the compafs of the creation , that which had a natural property in it ...
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... state we are upon . And thus some interpret the second verse , While the fun is not darkened , ( i . e . ) the prime of youth be not spent , the light of that fun , is the full age ; the moon , is declining age ; and the stars , are the ...
... state we are upon . And thus some interpret the second verse , While the fun is not darkened , ( i . e . ) the prime of youth be not spent , the light of that fun , is the full age ; the moon , is declining age ; and the stars , are the ...
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... state so long as it shall be , ( i.e. ) days and years ; both these words fignify also the same thing in the general , viz . how long this state shall remain : And thus Jacob useth them both , in giving an account unto Pharaoh how long ...
... state so long as it shall be , ( i.e. ) days and years ; both these words fignify also the same thing in the general , viz . how long this state shall remain : And thus Jacob useth them both , in giving an account unto Pharaoh how long ...
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Page 79 - And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.
Page 116 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good ; let him seek peace and ensue it.
Page 160 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 135 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 13 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 144 - Even these of them ye may eat ; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind.
Page 195 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 36 - And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me.
Page 223 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
Page 71 - ... in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...