 | 1833 - 638 pàgines
...divine will, he said, " I have buried all my kin, and have long been familiar •with death ; I may say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister ;" adding, " Christ hath abolished death, and taken the sting out of it to hi» people, and... | |
 | Richard Mant - 1813 - 440 pàgines
...is hastening rapidly towards that condition, when he must adopt the language of Job, and " say unto corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister \" * Job. xvii. 14. 3. Equally, if not more unreasonable is that pride, which glories in... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 pàgines
...blush for these distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say, to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister. We should say of such a race of men, Their name is a heavier burden than their debt. 9.... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pàgines
...humbling condition. Remember then, that sooner or later, this will be also your portion. You will " say to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and mysister." But if youshallbefoundamongthose who die in the Lord, (and if not, wo, wo, to you ; for... | |
 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 534 pàgines
...blush for these distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. We should say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. I can... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pàgines
...perfection as his father, and the highestorder of spirits as his brethren, may, in another respect, say to •* corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.'^, ADWISON. SECTION XXI. TRUST IN THE CARE Of PROVIDENCE RECO51NENDED. MAN, considered in.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 262 pàgines
...and the highelt order of fpirits, as his brethren, may, in another refpect, fay to " corruption, tnou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my ufter.jf ADDISOS, SECTION XXI. Truft in tbt Care of Prudence recommended. MAN, confidered in himfelf,... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 pàgines
...Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground." None of us can claim an higher extraction. We may all say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. And as the body is an earthly house with respect to its original, so it is constantly supported... | |
 | 1817 - 206 pàgines
...themselves in the splendour of their family, as well as they that are said to be basely born, are compelled to say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Tfie endeavours of man to disguise his littleness have been all in vain : they have only... | |
 | John Kenrick - 1817 - 650 pàgines
...lavishes around us, served no other purpose than to supply the growth of those bodies, which must ere long say to corruption, " Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister;" if all the order and the beauty which we behold with so much delight, were but the decoration... | |
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Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. 
