| James Douglas - Apologetics - 1831 - 264 pages
...earthly must decay, " for all flesh is grass, and all the goodness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever." The Scriptures are not only true but truth itself, as they reveal the Divine character, which... | |
| Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...Friends also sicken and die ; and we ourselves are frail, as are the earthly objects of our confidence. " All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The wind passeth over it and it is gone." But God is the same. Unchangeable in himself, he is unchangeably... | |
| 1831 - 584 pages
...a little while, and then vanisheth away. (James iv. 14.) " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass ; the grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." (Isaiah xl. 6, 7.) " In the morning it flourishes and groweth up, in the evening it is cut down, dried... | |
| Jacques Samuel Pons, Richard Cattermole - 1832 - 342 pages
...to comparisons on this subject, no less forcible for their truth than striking for their beauty ? " All flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." " For our life is even as a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away" " My... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 1 Ja. i. 10, 11. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory -3 1 Pe. i. 34. О ye of little faith.] Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith (said Jesus to his disciples... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Barrell Cheever - Episcopal Church in Scotland - 1832 - 584 pages
...much ; but all instruments are alike in an Almighty hand. All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass ; the grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away. I Pel. i : 24. This natural life is compared, even by natural men, to the vainest things, and scarcely... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...our , Rock, and let the God of our salvation be exalted. " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fallcth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the Gospel... | |
| John Gill - Religion - 2001 - 736 pages
...before the world was, of which it is a transcript, and so was from everlasting, 1 Cor. ii. 7. and the word of the Lord endureth for ever, and this is the word which by the gospel ii preached, 1 Pet. i. 25. and which will continue until all the elect of God are gathered in, maugre... | |
| Johannes Brahms - Biography & Autobiography - 1997 - 916 pages
...There are various theories: see McC 170, among others. For all flesh is as grass and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth and the flower falleth away. etc. You could appreciate such a German text as much as the customary Latin one, couldn't... | |
| Thomas Holland - Bible - 2002 - 338 pages
...the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. 24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached... | |
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