All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadethr because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 791836Full view - About this book
| William Jones - 1801 - 544 pages
...is green and groweth up ,• in the evening it is cut down, dried up and withered *. — All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : — the grass witheretht the flower fadeth ; but the word of our God shall stand for ever f . In their decay, the... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry : All flesh is grabs, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass wilhereth, the flower fudtih] because the Spirit of the lxird blowcth upon it : suruly the. people... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1810 - 518 pages
...IMMUTABILITY OF THE GOSPEL. Isai. xl. 6—8. 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 fudethi because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth,... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...says Paul, " that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead." " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...the field; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of our God shall abide for ever." Blessed is the man that trusteth not in his own heart... | |
| John Owen - 1813 - 620 pages
...we are instructed in by the ministry of John Baptist, Isa. xl. 6 — 8. " The voice cried, All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : the grass withereth and the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of God bloweth upon it ; surely the people is grass ; the... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 508 pages
...like grass, and like a flowet, Isa. xl. 6. " All flesh (even the strongest and most healthy flesh) is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." The grass is flourishing in the morning ; but in the evening being cut down by the mowers, it is withered* So... | |
| Thomas Taylor - 1812 - 262 pages
...princes, nor in any of the children of men ; for all flesh is but as grass, and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field; the grass withereth, the flower fadeth ; but the word of Immanuel abideth for ever. Men may sometimes want ability to perform their engagements;... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 616 pages
...cattle." " Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains." " As for man, his days are as grass." " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of our God shall stand for ever." The last is in beautiful reference to the passing away... | |
| 1815 - 294 pages
...perseverance and supplication for all saints. CHAP. XXXV. FRAILTY AN0 IMPERFECTION OF MAN. ALL flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the...the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth. As for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth... | |
| William Huntington - 1815 - 494 pages
...the flower of the field* But God's voice says, " Cry;" and the echo is, " What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass wi there th, the flower fadetb, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it; surely the people is... | |
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