For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet through the scent of water it will... Short Discourses to be Read in Families - Page 371by William Jay - 1833 - 493 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Logan - 1821 - 392 pages
...If a man die, shall he live again ? There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will spruut again, and that the tender branch thereof will not...through the scent of water it will bud, and bring lortli boughs like a plant : but man dieth, and is cut off; man giveth up the ghost, and when is he... | |
| John Logan - 1821 - 250 pages
...branch thereof will not cease. Though i he root thereol wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof (lie in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will...and bring forth boughs like a plant: but man dieth, and is cut oft'; man gimb op the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea ; as the... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 396 pages
...beauty's bud, Reliven not for any good. ' Man cometh up (says Job) like a, flower, and is cut down. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? he lieth down, and riseth... | |
| Luke Booker - 1822 - 192 pages
...prospects of man of a creature so dignified, to be buried with him in the grave ? " There is hope of A 3 a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,...that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though its root wax old in the earth, and its stock die in the ground, yet, through the scent of water, it... | |
| George Stanley Faber - 1823 - 468 pages
...him to life. (2.) The second passage, which the bishop brings forward, is taken from the book of Job. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost ; and where is he 1 As the waters fall from the sea,... | |
| 1823 - 486 pages
...' We all do fade as doth the leaf.' — Our days are as an hand-breadth, and our years as nothing. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it...thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of waters it will bud, and bring forth boughs as a plant. But man dieth and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth... | |
| Henry Parmele - 1823 - 122 pages
...he cannot pass ; turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hepe of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasleth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail... | |
| Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 pages
...similitude, Job amplifies and illustrates the truth, that ' The days of man are determined,' &c. " Verse 7. ' There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.' " This may be viewed as an argument to move the Lord to spare Job ; though he had beaten off his leaves,... | |
| 1824 - 444 pages
...may stick upon the ground again, but they will never take root.' Foolish man ! Did he not know that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease:' and' that through the scent in water it will" bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' " " I think,"... | |
| Lydia Howard Sigourney - 1824 - 294 pages
...and his sunbeams remember the broken tree thou leavest behind thee. Saith not his holy word " that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease ?" Thus may it lie with our people—with our Church. Though the root Thereof wax old in the earth,... | |
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