...madereiulij to be Itild into the earth, (lie Priett shall say. Or thtrrtettaxd Clerk* shall tbig : MAN that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and la full of misery. He cometh up, and ii cut down, like a flower; he flecth as it were a shadow, and...

...be wicked ! It is strange that man, who suffers so severely from the violence of the elements, " who hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery," should go so far out of his way to multiply uneasy sensations, and should so often dash aside the enjoyment...

...Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, And stand upon the threshold of the new. WiLLEE. " MAN that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...down like a flower; he fleeth, as it were, a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. ' " Every thing changeth in nature—every thing alters — every...

...assistance of any image besides : as when we say, " David the son of Jesse reigned over Israel ; " or, " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery." Figurative language is that which, by referring to some.image or idea with which the mind of the reader...

...intended to be conveyed, enables him more fully to comprehend the latter. Thus, in the sentence, " He cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay ; " by pointing, on the tablet of the reader's memory, to the idea...

...grrroc, <ohile the Corpse is mads retidy to be laid into tía earthy thatl be tung or joui, I/TAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, ind is full of misery. He cometh jp, and is cut down like a flower ; ie fleeth as it were a shadow,...

...his life ; and thought upon those passages of Holy Writ, which remind us so eloquently that " man who is born of a woman hath but a short time to live, and never continueth in one stay ;" it seemed to me that none would express the reflections, which occurred...

...Jesus Christ. Then the Minister, either at the Grave, or in the body of the Church, shall say, MAN who is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live,...down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death ; of whom may we seek for succour,...

...born unto trouble, as the * Gen. i. 31. t Gen. ii. 17, 19. t Job, v. 7. sparks fly upward." — * He hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery...down like a flower ; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay." This fallen world is now " filled with lamentation and mourning...

...remains of some loved friend, while the minister of religion . pronounced Q those affecting words, " Man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...down like a flower, he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay ; " who among you, I ask, has then failed to make a secret acknowledgment...