 | Thomas Searle - 1834 - 284 sidor
...forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not, Job xiv. 1,2. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are but as a shadow, Job viii. 9. If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.... | |
 | 1834 - 464 sidor
...impressively taught the lesson, — " trust not in princes, nor in man's son ;" and upon the other, " enquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers — shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart ?" The history of... | |
 | Time - 1835 - 274 sidor
...for the over-doers, who, bent upon some end in view, forget moderation in the means of reaching it. We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. — Job viii. 9. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like... | |
 | 1835 - 704 sidor
...them as stubble, and with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered." Job viii. 8-10, " For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to search of their fathers : shall not they teach thee and tell thee f" with Deut. xxxii. 7, " B^ . member... | |
 | Edward Brooks Hall - 1836 - 76 sidor
...judgment of one still among us,» whose knowledge and accuracy are known to all. DISCOURSE I. JOB VIII. 8. Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers. To say that we feel an interest in the history of our churches, is but saying that we are interested... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1836 - 700 sidor
...an incidental observation of Bildad, who refers Job to their forefathers for instruction in wisdom : Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathere: Assigning as a reason, the comparative shortness of life and consequent ignorance of the present... | |
 | 1837 - 628 sidor
...We forget, that " one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day." " We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow." And yet we presume to dictate to him whose being and whose ways are from eternity to eternity, and... | |
 | James Seaton Reid, William Dool Killen - 1837 - 558 sidor
...CHURCH, CARRICKFERGUS. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fatheis :— shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of theii heart? BOOK OF... | |
 | James Seaton Reid - 1837 - 546 sidor
...CHURCH, CARRICKFBRGUS. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fatheis : — shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? BOOK OF... | |
 | 1819 - 588 sidor
...preserve the remembrance of days fast fading away from the earth, says respecting the government of God, inquire I pray thee of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of the Fathers. Shall they not teach thee and tell thee ? To inquire of the former age, and search of... | |
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers '(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow). 
