 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. The...  Minister's Service Book: For Pulpit and Parish - Page 117by David F. Wells - 1993 - 318 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Religion - 1813 - 996 pages
...grass," and " that afl 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. And the holy man Job, having himself had great experience of the miserable and sinful estate of man,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...aloud. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh [is] crass, and all the goodliness thereof [is! as 7 the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the...the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the peo8 pie [is] grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : hut the word of our God »hall stand... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 388 pages
...flesh is grass, and all the goodi'iness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass wHiicrcth — the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it — surely the people is grass." In the book of Job we have numerous attestations of the like import : " For we are but of yesterday,... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 386 pages
...Cry. And I said, What shall I cry All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as tiie Cower of the field. The grass withereth — the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord blowcth upon it — surely the people is grass." In the book, of Job we have numerous ?.Ucstations... | |
 | Thomas Chalkley - Christian life - 1808 - 582 pages
...meeting, on the words of the prophet, where he says, " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth,...fadeth, because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: sure, ly the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower IJrdeth ; but the word of our God shall... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...wilderness. XL. 4 Every valley shall be c.ralted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low. XL. 1 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : because the...LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. As the grass withereth and as the flower fadeth, upon every nipping wind or scorching sun ; so do and... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 458 pages
...James and St. Peter. All Jlesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the jield: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the...Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass. But the life of man is also compared to a shadow. — He fleeth as a shadow, and continueth not. In... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 516 pages
...grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the foiver of the field. The grass wither eth, the Jloiver fadeth; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass wither eth, the jiower fadeth: but the ivordofour God shall stand for ever. GOD doeih according to... | |
 | Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...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, theflovaerfadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. GOD doeth according to his own will... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...Spirit," John iii. 8. And the prophet here tells us what is done by this blowing: "The grass withereth and the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass." But this work is not done without the word, as appears by the prophet's account. He tells us, first,... | |
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