 Spirit, that thou art but for a few days, months, or years, in a state of flesh and blood, only to try, whether thou wilt choose to be for ever happy with God, or for ever miserable with the devil. Remember that thy life is but a vapour, which appeareth...  A Sermon, Preached at the Funeral of His Excellency William Eustis, Esq ... - Página 12por Daniel Sharp - 1825 - 19 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Walker - 1796 - 428 páginas
...that we have gone any length at all. Let us then, in the id place, Realize this awful and important truth, That our life is but " a vapour, which " appeareth for a little time, and then ** vanifheth away." Die we muft, and we know not how foon. Our worldly enjoyments muft be relinquifhed,... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 páginas
...life of exalted glory. That life will not be followed by death. Every thing here is short. Our natural life is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away ; but the life of heaven will know no end. When millions1 of ages are past, it will... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 páginas
...the swift ships : as the eagle that hasteth fo the prey." Job. ix. 25, 26. " Our life; what is it? it is but a vapour which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." Jam. iv. 14. It is but as a moment to eternity. Time is so short, and the work which... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 566 páginas
...that which we are enjoying is, not improbably, tJie best which will ever arrive. ' Our life ' itself is but a ' vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.' Of this life the opportunities of hearing the Gospel compose only a little part. The... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 536 páginas
...first time, that the very life, on which the continuance of these most dear enjoyments depended, " is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vahisheth away." He, who has been deprived of his health, becomes easily convinced that himself is... | |
 | Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie - 1829 - 444 páginas
...our last hour, that we should seek and improve its salutary influence. Our whole life, my brethren, is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Frail as it is brief, it is sometimes terminated in the suddenness of a moment ; or... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 590 páginas
...swift ships ; as the eagle that hasteth to the prey." .lob ix. 25, 26. " Our life ; what is it ? it is but a vapour which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." Jam. iv. 14. It is but as a moment to eternity. Time is so short, and the work which... | |
 | 1837 - 440 páginas
...things must not be allowed to gain a hold over our affections ; for we know that this life is but " as a vapour which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." We are taught by the Epistle, that since Christ is risen, we also shall rise again with our bodies, and shall... | |
 | Henry Duncan - 1837 - 426 páginas
...reminded, that human strength is but a shadow ; that human pleasure is but a dream; that life itself is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Men see their hopes blasted, their enjoyments fading, their friends, one by one, perishing... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 634 páginas
...glory and dominion for ever and ever." If, then, this world is but at best a fleeting show ; if human life is but a vapour, which appeareth for a little time and then passeth away ; if the favour and riches of the world can give us no comfort in a dying hour ; if our... | |
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