The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The... Hesitation, Or, To Marry, Or Not to Marry? - Page 192by Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - 1819Full view - About this book
| 1611 - 360 pages
...Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, And all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: . Because... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lo KD hath spoken it* 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field : 7 Tfee I The grass withereth, the flower fadeth... | |
| Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 386 pages
...yea, a breath — " between iis and death." " The voice," says the prophet, " said unto me, Cry. And I said, What shall I cry All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as tiie Cower of the field. The grass withereth — the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord... | |
| Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - Congregational churches - 1807 - 388 pages
...yea, a breath — " between us and death." " The voice," says the prophet, " said unto me, Cry. And I said, What shall I cry All flesh is grass, and all the goodi'iness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass wHiicrcth — the flower fadeth, because... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 564 pages
...ver. 3. " The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, prepare ye the way of the Lord." Ver. 6. " The voice said cry : And he said, what shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodlivess thereof,• as the flower of the field." Jer. ii. 2. " Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem,... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1808 - 634 pages
...shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry : All flesh is grabs, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass wilhereth, the flower... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together ; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the... | |
| Charles Simeon - Sermons - 1810 - 518 pages
...their victory is certain—] CCXV. THE FRAILTY OF MAN AND IMMUTABILITY OF THE GOSPEL. Isai. xl. 6—8. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fudethi because the... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1810 - 432 pages
...SHORT.*'— What more interesting could he say ? There is a similar admonition in the 40th chapter of Isaiah "The voice said, CRY. And he said, What shall I cry ? ALL FLESH IS GRASS." We will, first, illustrate, and, then, improve this serious thought. 1. The expression in the text... | |
| Thomas Paine - Bible - 1810 - 504 pages
...frequently used. That it is merely rhetorical and metaphorical may be seen at the 6th verse. " And the voice said " cry, and he said what shall I cry ? All flesh is grass." This is «ridenlly nothing but a figure; for flesh is not grass otherwise than as a figure or metaphor,... | |
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