...for these distinctions, which become the vehicles of your dishonour. Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. We should say of such a race of men, their name is a heavier burden than their debt. I can scarcely...

...humbling condition. Remember then, that sooner or later, this will be also your portion. You will " say to corruption, Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and mysister." But if youshallbefoundamongthose who die in the Lord, (and if not, wo, wo, to you ; for...

...and the highelt order of fpirits, as his brethren, may, in another refpect, fay to " corruption, tnou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my ufter.jf ADDISOS, SECTION XXI. Truft in tbt Care of Prudence recommended. MAN, confidered in himfelf,...

...perfection as bis father, and the highest order of spirits as his brethren, may, in another respect, say to " corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." AQDISON. SECTION XXL Trust in the Core of Providence Recommended. MAN, considered in himself, is a...

...God formed man of the dust of the ground." None of us can claim an higher extraction. We may all say to corruption, Thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. And as the body is an earthly house with respect to its original, so it is constantly supported and...

...the splendour of their family, as well as they that are said to be basely born, are compelled to say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." Tfie endeavours of man to disguise his littleness have been all in vain : they have only tended to...

...around us, served no other purpose than to supply the growth of those bodies, which must ere long say to corruption, " Thou art my father, and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister;" if all the order and the beauty which we behold with so much delight, were but the decoration of the...

...with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight;* that our bodies once strong and comely, must say to corruption, Thou art my Father : and to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister, * it is very humiliating. These things may make even the Christian desire not to be unclothed; but,...

...blest: how still their slumbers are !" The green turf may cover them ; their mortal frame " may say to corruption, Thou art my father; and to the worm, Thou art tny mother and my sister ;" but their glorified spirit, freed from all the impurities and the frailties...

...glorious, God has covenanted to bestow on them through the mediation of Christ. When he, who can truly say to Corruption, " Thou art my father," and to the Worm, " Thou art my mother, and my sister," turns his eye to these wonderful promises, and to the immense assemblage of blessings, which they convey...