...Hence the vividness of that sublime truth, that our Saviour Jesus Christ, who abolished ness thereof is as the flower of the field ? The grass withereth, and the flower fadeth," (not became of sin, but) " because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the people is grass...

...universal. Every thing earthly must decay, " for all flesh is grass, and all the goodness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth and the flower thereof falleth away, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever." The Scriptures are not only true...

...speaking, once now and then, of withered flowers and riven blossoms : for then the voice which said, " Cry, all flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field," will be charged with sentimentality, and the prophet who wrote it down, and the apostle who repeated...

...which the prophet heard in vision, must break upon us in our every walk — Ml flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Surely the people is grass. It is...

...person and the elegance of form. ' All is vanity ; all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the field ; the grass withereth, and the flower fadethaway.' The lilies and the roses of a beautiful face fade like the flowers of the garden, and...

...heaven and earth, and seas roaring (at Christ's coming), that men's hearts will fail, and faith too. (2) All flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field, &c. By flesh is meant man's natural ability ; by the goodliness of flesh, man's spiritual excellency:...

...this maxim of the holy Scripture, a maxim well worthy of reflecting on. " All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, but the word of the Lord endureth for ever." It was with great pleasure that the...

...this early grave, to convince you of the absurdity of your hope and resolution. Here you see, that " all flesh is grass; and the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field:" that " life is a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away:" that youth is...

...shall return to God who gave it, Eccles. xii. 7. All flesh is grass, and all the godliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, and the flower fadelh; because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it. Surely the people is grass, Isa. xl. 6—8....

...decayed, and it is rendered unlovely as well as useless. " What shall I cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field : the grass withereth, the flower fadeth." Man is like the grass, either cut down, or withered by the winter's frost. Death...