 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...incorruptible seed, the word of God, without remarking the contrast between it and earthly things. 24. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away. 25. But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word, which by the gospel is preached... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1840 - 478 pages
...soon snapped off by Providence, and there doth not remain the least sign or memorial of him. So, " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away" (1 Pet. i. 24). It is repeated and returned to our consideration, " all flesh is as grass," and then... | |
 | 1840 - 504 pages
...the vegetation droops, and the last ycllowlcavcs of autumn drop off, — sad emblem of man's fall ! " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." Well would it be for us all, if these feelings of the happiness and comforts of our earthly home were... | |
 | John Greenleaf Adams - 1840 - 230 pages
...more is it left to him to say whether he will continue in this state forever, or depart out of it. " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." So hath the Creator appointed and ordained ; and it is not in the power of man to prevent this withering... | |
 | Duncan Macdougal - 1840 - 272 pages
...translation. -|- It was is in our common translation, but there is no authority for it in the Hebrew text. flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." Isaiah Ixi. 3, " That they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he... | |
 | John Angell James - 1841 - 286 pages
...debts with the produce. " Your fathers where are they, and the prophets do they live for ever ?" " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as...is the word, which by the gospel is preached unto you."—1 Peter, i. 24, 25. Yes, the word is immortal, but the preacher of it is mortal. Ministers... | |
 | John Goulter Dowling - 1841 - 546 pages
...mind and the influence which it enables him to obtain over others. All human power is as nothing. " All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as...grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away." " There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength."... | |
 | 1858 - 498 pages
...seven hundred years subsequent to Isaiah, Peter records the same sentiment in nearly the same words, " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever, and this is the word which by the gospel is... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 538 pages
...400. The sermon was appropriate and beautiful The text was from the First General Epistle of Peter : " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth forever. And this is the word which by the Gospel is... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1841 - 640 pages
...400. The sermon was appropriate and beautiful. The text was from the First General Epistle of Peter. " For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man...grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof fadeth away ; but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the Gospel... | |
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For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the Word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you. 
