 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1798 - 381 Seiten
...many warnings of the folly of thole who travel in the path of ambition, and put their truft in man. ' Surely men of low degree are ' vanity, and men of high degree are a lie. Put ' not your truft in princes, nor in the fon of man, ' in whom there is no help. Happy is he that... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 596 Seiten
...wanting folidity ; hence God's verdict of them is, " Mean men are vanity, and great men are a lie , when laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity;" but the holy feed are the fubftance, they bear weight ; and no wonder, for they are the living, while others... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1798 - 469 Seiten
...afluredly burn and dry it up, with our life that upholds it. Surely, faith the Pfalmift, men Pf. MI- 9i of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a sERM.//V: men of high degree; the mighty princes, the x. famous captains, the lubtile ftatefmcn, the... | |
 | 1799
...the curfe of the divine law, the wrath of God abiding on them : its language refpecling them is, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance ; they are altogether lighter than vanity." Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely every man walketh in a vain fhew," &c. Pfalm xxxix. 6. " Now we know, that... | |
 | 1799
...the curfe of the divine law, the wrath of God abiding on them : its language refpedting diem is, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie, to be laid in the balance j they are altogether lighter than vanity." Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely every man, walketh in a vain fliew,"... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800
...bay. tree ; uet he passed away, and lo, he was not : I sought kirn, out he c.mld not be found. Surety men of high degree are a lie, to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity. — I said, ye are Gods, and all of you are children of the most High : but ye shall die like men,—... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802
...many warnings of the folly of thofe, who travel in the path of ambition, and put their truft in man. " Surely " men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree " are a lie. Put not your truft in princes, nor in the fou " of man, in whom there is no help. Happy is he that... | |
 | Thomas Case - 1802
...when he comes for a draught of water to quench his thirst, sends him away with confusion and shame. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : Men of low degree would help, but cannot — there is vanity ; and men of high degree can help many... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 436 Seiten
...another Psalm, to set forth the want of virtue in mankind of all orders and degrees, it is said, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high...balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." In opposition to this, the lowest, weakest, poorest good man, is a man of weight ; that is, of solid... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 436 Seiten
...another Psalm, to set forth the want of virtue in mankind of all orders and degrees, it is said, " Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid ia the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity." In opposition to this, the lowest, weakest,... | |
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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. 
