 | John Newton - Theology - 1809 - 312 pages
...warrant to assure ourselves that .vtrt- shall live to the end of the present year, or even week. w Boast not " thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what " a day may bring forth." Prov. xxvii. 1. We often read or hear of sudden deaths, and sometimes of those, who,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...Observations of self-love, 5 of true love, 11 oj care to avoid offences, 23 and of the houKch'jld care. 8 K may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, aud not I thine... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 432 pages
...mens' attention to, and preparation for their own. This is the language of scripture and of reason ; " Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to, ye who say, Today or tomorrow, we will go into such a city, and continue... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...wondrous frames, and the Author of his own superior wisdom. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; thou knowest Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day not what a day may bring, may bring forth ; and forth. For the same reason, despair not of to-> morrow... | |
 | John Newton - Theology - 1811 - 690 pages
...any warrant to assure ourselves that we shall live to the end of the present year, or even week. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for " thou knowest not what a day may bring forth*." We often read or hear of sudden deaths, and sometimes of those who, after a lingering... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...that every thing wavers and to'.ters around us. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for tliou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is much if, during its course, thou hearestnot of somewhat to disquiet or alarm thee. For life never proceeds long in a uniform train.... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...To what purpose is it to put the evil day far off in apprehension, when it is so near in reality ? " Boast not thyself of to-morrow -, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. " Go to now, ye that say, to-day or to-morrow we will " go into such a city, and continue... | |
 | Missions - 1821 - 632 pages
...their youth ! May it teach us all that " there is but a step between us and death," — as it says to us, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." From the period of this calamity to the year 1815, no particular event is recorded.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...whieh we eould gain, the mind would Ilien have some hasis on whieh to rest. But our eondition is sueh, that every thing wavers and totters around us. "Boast not thyself of tu-morrow; for thou kuowest not what a day may bring forth." It is mueh if, during its eourse, thou... | |
 | 1835 - 612 pages
...of the shadow of death, were cheered by its ray. Yet from his lowly grave, the admonition sounds, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth ;" for, " in the midst of life we are in death." And equally instructive is the remembrance... | |
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Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 
