 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1798 - 500 pages
...ftrong confolation. Ver. 4. Now David's requeft is, Lord, make me t* know mine end, and the meafure of my daysą what it is ; that I may know how frail I am,] In which he does not defire a refponfe from God, about the day of his death, but inftruction concerning... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1798 - 492 pages
...feems, in Pfai, xxxu. fenfe to this here ; Lord, prays he, make me to know '"" my end, and the me afar e of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am : concerning the drift of which place, as well as of this here, it were obvious to conceive that both... | |
 | Old Humphrey - Authors, English - 1799 - 338 pages
...tree fell on him, and crushed him, and occasioned his death. Though he was taken, I am still left. ' Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...every man at his best state is altogether vanity,' Psa. xxxix. 4, 5." On completing his articles of apprenticeship, Mr. Mogridge married Miss Elizabeth... | |
 | Old Humphrey - London (England) - 1799 - 372 pages
...unsolemnized with considerations of life and death, time and eternity, has visited the place in vain. " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...every man at his best state is altogether vanity," Psalm xxxix. 4, 5. THE MUSEUM AT THE INDIA HOUSE, THE stranger, in visiting either the museum at the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 pages
...mufmg, the fire burncal, then fpake I with my tongue, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the meafure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am." Sometimes it is raging, as in Judas, who, under horror laid upon his fin, did miferably end his life.... | |
 | 1814
...them hast made my days as a hand breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee ; verily every man in his best state is altogether vanity ; surely every man walketh in a vain show." ( Psa. xxxix. 4-6.) Let me, then, be equally careful ; yea, much more diligent, in making inquiry... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1804 - 828 pages
...matters, as if they were fure of ages to come 1 '•' Lord ! make me to know mine end, and the meafure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am 1" ANECDOTE. THE Gofpel having been fent, by Lady Huntingdon's influence, to a place of public refort,... | |
 | John Lathrop - Memorial service - 1804 - 54 pages
...the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? Behold, Thou hast made his days, as an handbreadth, and his age is, as nothing, before Thee. Verily every man, at his best estate, is altogether vanity. He cometh forth, as a flower, and is cut down ; he fleeth also, as a... | |
 | Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 504 pages
...empty them there, they shall return in wine of strong consolation. Ver. 4. Now David's request is, Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am.] In which he does not desire a response from God, about the day of his death, but instruction concerning... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...friends concerninff 4 them, but to God. LORD, make me to know, that is, consider and reflect upon, mine end, and the measure of my days, what it [is ; that] I may know how frail I [am,] and so be less concerned at the misery I have to endure, or the prosperity of the wicked that t I eee.... | |
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Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. 
