...told."—"We must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again."—"Man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he 1" But after I had heard the happy birds in the cedar tree, my thoughts took a contented, a hopeful,...

...most express terms. We may notice where this is only hinted at in an oblique manner. " So man Jieth down and riseth not till the heavens be no more ; they shall not wake nor be raised out of their sleep/' Here it is intimated, that their awakening, and consequently...

...die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant : but man dieth, and wasteth away '• yea, man giveth up the ghost, and wnere is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieih up, so man lieth down,...

...frequently to go down, yet he constantly seems to rise again, and shines whh the same glory*, ver. 5. but man dieth, and wasteth away, yea, man giveth up...down, and riseth not till the heavens be no more. 3. From the wind, the common emblem of uncertainty ; yet it is more constant than man, for that knows...

...frequently to go down, yet he constantly seems to rise again, and shines with the same glory*, ver. 5. but man dieth, and wasteth away, yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? he Heth down, and riseth not till the heavens be no more. 3. From the wind, the common emblem of uncertainty...

...of his age. Even holy Job calls it, "A land of darkness, as darkness itself." And again he says, " Man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he .'" What becomes, at present, of the lifeless body, is plainly seen : but where, or what, the unbodied...

...die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth...

...never-waking sleep ! But Job having expressed a similar idea in the former division of the sentence, exclaims: But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea man giveth up the ghost, and — where is he? These three words afford a more complete idea of the total extinction, and insignificancy of man, than...

...never-waking sleep ! But Job having expressed a similar idea in the former division of the sentence, exclaims: But man dieth, and wasteth away ; yea man giveth up the ghost, and — where is he? These three words afford a more complete idea of the total extinction, and insignificancy of man, than...

...the " ground : yet through the scent of water " it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a " plant. But man dieth and wasteth away ; " yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where " is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, " aia4 the flood decayeth and drieth up ; so " man lieth down, and...