 | 1823 - 154 sayfa
...foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. (4 Job, 19.) 10. What does Bildad say ? We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. (8 Job, 9.) 11. How does the Psalmist describe the effects of God's chastisements on man ? When thou... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 450 sayfa
...judge in the mysterious subjects of religion. Learning must not, presumptuously, pretend to decide. For we are but of yesterday, and KNOW NOTHING ; because our days upon earth are a shadow. We must not concern ourselves in fruitless inquiries into the mode in which the Holy Spirit is enabled... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 sayfa
...discourse, in the language of Job — " Inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and " prepare thyself to search of their fathers. For we " are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Shall not " they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out " of their heart?" Thus instructed... | |
 | Joseph Caryl - 1824 - 282 sayfa
...to a second general argument, by an appeal to the ancients. " Verse 8. ' For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers.' " The former age may include all time past. The fathers were dead, but they lived in their traditions... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 sayfa
...Swifter than a weaver's shuttle, &c. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. — Job viii. 1, 2. 6 — 10. We are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon the earth are a shadow. — Job viii. 9. 302 CHAP. XXXII.] 393 Man that is born of a woman is but of... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 sayfa
...Swifter than a weaver's shuttle, &c. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.— Job viii. 1, 2. 6—10. We are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon the earth are a shadow. — Job viii. 9. 392 OF DEATH, &C. Man that is born of a woman is but of few... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 556 sayfa
...instead of producing its ordinary effects, will excite attachment, and perpetuate esteem. J Inquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search...nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. lt is not, however, intended, that the passages so given, or referred to, should be regarded as a selection,... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1825 - 558 sayfa
...instead of producing its ordinary effects, will excite attachment, and perpetuate esteem.^ Inquire of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their . fathers. For we are but of yesterday, ami know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. It is not, however, intended, that the... | |
 | Thomas Hartwell Horne - 1825 - 622 sayfa
...as a reason the comparative shortness of life, and consequent ignorance of the present generations : (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing ; Because our days upon earth are a shadow). viii. 8, 9. But the " fathers of the former age," or grandfathers of the present, were the contemporaries... | |
 | Richard Hele - 1825 - 598 sayfa
...there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling a ? We are but of yesterday, and know nothing; because our days upon earth are a shadow b. We dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the mothc.... | |
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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And prepare thyself to the search of their fathers : For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow : Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of... 
