 | Joseph John Gurney - Apologetics - 1833 - 572 pages
...verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity :" Ps. xxxix, 5; comp. xc, 9, 10. "All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass :" Isa. xl, 6, 7. " Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth... | |
 | 1833 - 618 pages
...Esculapius was mocked. — The arm of the "Mighty One," has been displayed; and the fact, that " all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof, is as the...Lord bloweth upon it, surely the people is grass," has been awfully manifested. A voice from the pestilence, has seemed to address its mortal victims,... | |
 | 1833 - 444 pages
...beautifully compared to that of the grass or flower of the field. " All flesh," says that prophet, " is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass." We may all, in some measure, at least, feel the lesson taught us in this most affecting passage; but... | |
 | Robert Haldane - Bible - 1834 - 526 pages
...Mai. iv. 5. Thus the forerunner of the Messiah was to go before * The words that follow, are these, " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand for ever." They are quoied by the Apostle Peter, and appear to refer... | |
 | 1835 - 604 pages
...and patiently suffer for the truth's sake, through JESUS CHRIST our Lord. Amen. For the Epistle. Isa. xl. 1. COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your...goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass witheretli, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1835 - 636 pages
...sins. The voice of him thai crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our GOD. Every valley shall...goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass witheretli, the flower fadeth, because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is... | |
 | Thomas Bissland - Sermons, English - 1835 - 434 pages
...years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness : for they shall be many." " The voice said, Cry ; and he said, What shall I cry...Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass." Seek, then, that enduring inheritance which shall never fail. Seek that crown of glory which fadeth... | |
 | Robert Montgomery Martin - 1836 - 180 pages
...for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return, [Gen. iii. i9. The voice said, Cry, And he said, What shall I cry...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. [/sa.xl. 6, 7, s. DEBT — DECEIT DEFILEMENT. 19 As the cloud... | |
 | Church history - 1836 - 368 pages
...purchase them a moment's respite from death. Their wisdom ? It shall die with, if not before them. " The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry?...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass." (lea. xl. 6, 7.) 3. It teaches us not to trust or glory in man. Why has God declared his distrust in... | |
 | I.E.N. Molesworth - 1836 - 438 pages
...salvation. Watch, therefore : for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. THE FLESH.—" All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof, is as the...grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall stand for ever." When God said, Let us make man in our image, he foreknew... | |
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The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? 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 : surely the people is grass.... 
