...himfelf fo very fully and diftinctly, that it is not poffible to maftake his meaning. Job, xiv. 7. 'There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not ccafe. Though the root thereof wax old in...

...pity " upon me, have pity upon me, O ye «.c my friends ! for the hand of God hath " touched me 1 — There is hope of a tree., ." if it be cut down, that it will fprout " again, and that the tender branch there" of will not ceafe : But man giveth up " the ghoft,...

...cannot pafs : 6 Turn from him that he may reft, till he fhall accomplifh, as an hireling, his day. 7 fl' For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof \tdll not ceafe. 8 Though the root thereof wax old...

...beauty's bud, ' Reli-ven not for any good. ' Man cometh up (fays JOB) like a flower, and is cut down. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not ceafe. But man dieth and wafteth away ; yea,...

...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the flock thereof die in the ground, yet through thefeent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. This corruptible Ihall put on i ncorruption, and this mortal (hall put on immortality. WE may each...

...cutting down of a tree ; and fhews that the latter, in fome refpecTts, has the advantage of the former. " For there is hope of a tree, " if it be cut down, that it will i'prout again, and " that the tender branch the'reof will not ceafe. " Though the root thereof wax...

...Admirable is that of Job, chap. 14. " Man со" mcth f.irtli as a Hower, and ч tut down. — " Ther« is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that " it will l;>rotit again, and that the icmicr braneli " thereof will not ceafe; bur man dieth, ami " wafteth...

...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the ftock thereof dry in the ground ; yet through the (cent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' (3.) We affirm, by the Authority of this text, That all the Jwift cation was not broken off, but oiily...

...by death, will return no more to live in his present state, or to possess his present enjoyments. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down> that ir will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax...

...the grave, he sinks into everlasting night, and never riseth more. " For there " is hope," says he, " of a tree, if it be cut " down, that it will sprout...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the " stock die in the ground; yet through the " scent of the water it will bud, and bring forth " boughs like...