 | Joseph Priestley - First philosophy - 1782 - 458 pages
...himfelf fo very fully and diftinctly, that it is not poffible to maftake his meaning. Job, xiv. 7. 'There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not ccafe. Though the root thereof wax old in... | |
 | Elizabeth Keir - 1785 - 288 pages
...pity " upon me, have pity upon me, O ye «.c my friends ! for the hand of God hath " touched me 1 — There is hope of a tree., ." if it be cut down, that it will fprout " again, and that the tender branch there" of will not ceafe : But man giveth up " the ghoft,... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...cannot pafs : 6 Turn from him that he may reft, till he fhall accomplifh, as an hireling, his day. 7 fl' For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof \tdll not ceafe. 8 Though the root thereof wax old... | |
 | Theocritus (of Syracuse) - 1792 - 242 pages
...beauty's bud, ' Reli-ven not for any good. ' Man cometh up (fays JOB) like a flower, and is cut down. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will fprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not ceafe. But man dieth and wafteth away ; yea,... | |
 | Nathaniel May - 1793 - 320 pages
...the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the flock thereof die in the ground, yet through thefeent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. This corruptible Ihall put on i ncorruption, and this mortal (hall put on immortality. WE may each... | |
 | George Lyon - Sermons, English - 1794 - 424 pages
...cutting down of a tree ; and fhews that the latter, in fome refpecTts, has the advantage of the former. " For there is hope of a tree, " if it be cut down, that it will i'prout again, and " that the tender branch the'reof will not ceafe. " Though the root thereof wax... | |
 | 1795 - 848 pages
...Admirable is that of Job, chap. 14. " Man со" mcth f.irtli as a Hower, and ч tut down. — " Ther« is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that " it will l;>rotit again, and that the icmicr braneli " thereof will not ceafe; bur man dieth, ami " wafteth... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 666 pages
...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the ftock thereof dry in the ground ; yet through the (cent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' (3.) We affirm, by the Authority of this text, That all the Jwift cation was not broken off, but oiily... | |
 | Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...the grave, he sinks into everlasting night, and never riseth more. " For there " is hope," says he, " of a tree, if it be cut " down, that it will sprout...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the " stock die in the ground; yet through the " scent of the water it will bud, and bring forth " boughs like... | |
 | James Fisher - Meditations - 1803 - 364 pages
...fprout forth. This puts me in mind of what the man of patience beautifully exprefleth in thefe words: " For there is hope of a tree, if it " be cut down, that it will fprout again, and " that the tender branch thereof will not " ceafe : though the root thereof wax old... | |
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For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut doWn, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; yet, through the scent of water it will... 
