 JAMES IV. 13, 14. Go to, now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow : for what is your life ? It is even a vapor, that appeareth...  The Poet's Tribute: Poems - Page 116by William Bingham Tappan - 1840 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Philip Schaff - Church history - 1877 - 948 pages
...The heathens ascribe things to blind fortune and uncertain chance; but St. James would not have us say,' Today or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and there buy and sell;' but he adds,' For that which ye should say, If the Lord will, and if we live,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1825 - 726 pages
...alluding to the circumstances was delivered by the Rev. RR Bailey. His text was from James, iv. 13, “ Go to now, ye that say, to-day or tomorrow we will go into êuch city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain.” The micer.¿ tainty ofhuman... | |
 | John Disney - 1793 - 460 pages
...Preached on Sunday, January 4, 1789. THE RELIGIOUS AND VIRTUQUS OECONOMY OF TIME. JAMES IV. 13—15GO TO NOW, YE THAT SAY, TO-DAY OR TO-MORROW WE WILL GO...SHALL BE ON THE MORROW ; FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? IT IS EVEN A VAPOUR, THAT APPEARETH FOR A LITTLE TIME, AND THEN VANISHETH AWAY.) FOR THAT YE OUGHT TO SAY,... | |
 | Samuel Manning - Providence and government of God - 1799 - 204 pages
...but themselves." We marvel at the insensibility of others, and are ourselves as insensible as they. " Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will...shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." The other fact to which... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - Presbyterian Church - 1803 - 560 pages
...the glorious society ? The worldlyheart says, "pull down the barns and build greater, to-day and " to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a " year, and buy and sell, and get gain." We will go to and fro, and make fortunes. O that a Christian heart had half the spirit of a carnal... | |
 | James Dana - Sermons, American - 1806 - 518 pages
...peace ; thereby good Jhall come unto thes* SERMON XIX. THE INSTABILITY OF LIFE. JAMES h IJ, i.}, if. GO TO NOW, YE THAT SAY, TO-DAY, OR TO-MORROW, WE WILL GO INTO SUCH A CITY. AND CONTINUE THERE A Yl AC , AND BUY, AND SELL, AND GET GAIN : WHEREAS YE KNOW NOT WHAT SHALL BE ON THE MORROW : FOR WHAT... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
..."Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knovvest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to, ye who say, Today or tomorrow, we will go into such a city,...shall be on the morrow; for what is your life ? It is even a vapour, which continueth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 554 pages
...tomorrow. Both these ways of boasting of tomorrow are reproved by the Apostle James, chapter iv, 13. " Go to now, ye that say, Today or tomorrow we will...continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain." By promising themselves that they shall do such and such things, and that they shall get gain, they... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1810 - 556 pages
...establishes, and the restraint which it lays on the criminal independence of the fallen mind of man. " Go " to now, ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we "...shall be on the " morrow: for what is your life? It is even a " vapour that appeareth for a little time, and " then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to "... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1810 - 548 pages
...from him, but from ourselves, from our own wise management and diligence : " this is saying, lo-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy, and sell, and get gain ;" (and thus men conduct in all their undertakings) "whertas they know not what sbair be on the morrow.... | |
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