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. The Widow Directed to the Widow's God ... - Page 131by John Angell James - 1858 - 205 pagesFull view - About this book
| Isaac Watts - 1754 - 772 pages
...grass. The grass withereth, and tlie flower thereof fadeth away. But the word of the Lord endurethfor ever; and this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. The unchangeableness of Christian truth and virtue presents an encouraging and even a sublime contrast... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withcreth, and the flower thereof falleth away : 25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this...the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAP. II. Abstain from fleshly lusts. \ T / HEREFORE, laying aside VV all malice, and all guile, and... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : 25 But the word of the lLord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAP. II. CHRIST THE CORNER STONE. WHEREFORE, layingaside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies,... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner o'f conversation; 384 endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAP. II. To avoid uncharitabltness. WHEREFORE laying aside all malice and all guile, and hypocrisies,... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 544 pages
...affections may be drawn off from it to this spiritual life that is not subject unto death. . Ver. 25." But the word of the Lord endureth for ever ; and this...the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you. THE word of God is so like himself, and carries so plainly the image and impression of his power and... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : 2j But tlie wor.'l of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. CHAP. II. l lle dehorteth them from the breach of charity. 1 1 He beseerlietk t/iem nhi to abstain... | |
| James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...and all the glory of man as the flower of .grass. The grass withereth, and the flower of it falkth away: But the word of the Lord endureth for ever....word which by the gospel is preached unto you." 1 Pet i. 24, 25. 2. .ANOTHER advantage which the church derives from her Lord is the enjoyment of his... | |
| Thomas Scott - Religion - 1808 - 584 pages
...again, not of corruptible " seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, * ' whu;h liveth and abideth for ever. — And this is " the word, which by the gospel is preached unto " you.'" They who have endeavoured to explain away these texts, which plainly teach, that the word of the gospel... | |
| 1864 - 868 pages
...flower of grass ; the grass withereth, the flower thereof passeth away, but the word of the Lord abideth for ever ; and this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you." The intelligent and inquisitive mind delights to trace the law of adaptation which run through the... | |
| Stephen Lowry - Bible - 1809 - 204 pages
...again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever; and this is the word which by the Gospel is preached unto you." The word of the * 1 Peter .1. t John 3. i Gospel is justly compared to raiiv, ,0r by the prophet Isaiah,... | |
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