 ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.  The Protestant Episcopal Pulpit - Page 621832Full view - About this book
 | 1611 - 360 pages
...and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail : because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners...the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1718 - 566 pages
...Will of his Creator. TEXTS TEXTS chiefly alluded to in this Book. Or ever the Silver Cord be loofed, or the golden Bowl be broken, or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain, or the Wheel broken at the Ciftern. ECCLESIASTES, Chap. XII. Veri! 6. The Sun arifeth, and the Sun goeth down, and... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1721 - 542 pages
...And to fpeak in the Language of Solomon* Or ever the Silver Cord be loofed,or the GoldenBovilbrokenj or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain, or the Wheel be brtken at the Ciftern: Tliat is to fay, the Back-Bone, where Marrow is as white as Silver, be loofed... | |
 | Freemasons - 1746 - 256 pages
...all the Daughters of Mitfick Jhall be brought low : Or ever the Silver Cord be loafed; or the Goldtn Bowl be broken ;• or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain ; or the Wheel broken at the Ciflern.' The Expofitors upon thefe Verfes are almoft unanimous in their ©pinion, that... | |
 | John Hutchinson - 1748 - 546 pages
...'tis not neceflary to explain it more fully here. Eccl. xii. 6. Or ever the Silver Chord be loojed, or the golden Bowl be broken, or the Pitcher be broken at the Fountain, or the Wheel (the Organs of Circulation) be broken at the Ciftern. Thefe next fliew that the Blood is Part of the... | |
 | John Smith - 1752 - 264 pages
...home, and the mourners go about the Jireets. Or e~jer the Jther cord be loofed, or the golden hmuf be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the -ivbeel broken at the ciftern. THE Oracles of God are given forth that the men of God may be made wife... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 512 pages
...and elegant defcriptiou of the death of man, * Ecclef. xii. 6. "Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or ' the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be...broken at the ' fountain, or the wheel be broken at the ciftern." " The ' double motion of the lungs he feems here to compare to the ' double motion of the... | |
 | Matthew Prior - 1779 - 318 pages
...deceitful, all and vain. TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN THE THIRD BOOK. Or ever the filver cord be loofed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be. broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the ciftern. Ecclefiaftes, chap. xii. verf. 6. The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 324 pages
...all, and vain. MZ TEXTS TEXTS CHIEFLY ALLUDED TO IN BOOK III. " Or ever the filver cord be looted, or the golden bowl " be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, " or the wheel broken at the ciflern." Eccl. xii. 6. " The fun arifeth, and the fun goeth down, and haftetb " to his... | |
 | James Hartley (Ph. D.) - 1784 - 606 pages
...goeth to hTs long " home, and the mourners go about the ftreets ; or ever the filver cord be loofed, or «' the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel «' broken at the cittern." Ecclef. cap. xii. 5th, 6th, and yth verfes. (x) Still Like. — The pfeudo... | |
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