| William Sherlock - 1739 - 314 sider
...number of his months are with thee ; thou haft appointed his bounds that he cannot pafs. Job vii. i. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? Are not his days alfo like the days of an hireling ? Which refer not to the particular Period of every Man's Life, but... | |
| Charles Wheatly - 1746 - 500 sider
...them miftaken ones) from the ancient curious Book of Job. In the firft of which the good Man afks, Is there not an appointed 'time to Man upon Earth, are not bis Days alfo like the Days of an Hireling? Job vii. i. In the other he intreats, — Seeing his Days... | |
| 1788 - 598 sider
...in it. 30 Is there iniquity in my tongue ? cannot my tafte difcern perverfe things ? CHAP. VII. TS there not an appointed •* time to man upon earth ? are not his days alfo like the days of an hireling ? 2 As a fervant earneftly defireth the fhadow, and as an hireling... | |
| William Martin Trinder - 1793 - 312 sider
...me, I ft then, To remind you that death is unavoidable. " It is appointed for all men once to die." " Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? are not his days alfo like the days of an hireling ?" " This I fay, brethren, that the time is fhort : it remaineth... | |
| Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 502 sider
...alive : I wound, and 1 heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. Deut. xxxii. 39. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? Are not his days alfo like the days of an hireling ? Job vi:. i. The ftipulated hours, of an hireling's labour, are... | |
| William Jay - 1805 - 486 sider
...is not in the power of enemies to accelerate, or of friends to retard the period of our departure. "Is there not an " appointed time to man upon earth ? are not his days " alfo like the days of an hireling ?" " His days are " determined, the number of his months are with... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1803 - 572 sider
...and it stood fast. God determines the limits of men's lives. This is exceeding evident. Job vii. 1. " Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?" Days of an hireling signify an appointed, certain, limited time ; as... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 sider
...be fixed or moveable : Job, methinks, hath clearly stated and determined the question, Job vii. 1. Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? are not his days also like the daj/s of a hireling ? a hireling hath his days of prefixed service ; and, when they are expired,... | |
| 1809 - 1150 sider
...e.Tcuseth Iris desire of death. 12 He conifitainah of his own restlessness, and of God's watchfulness, j'li Greenough and Stebbins like the days of an hireling ? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 sider
...thereunto.' (6.) The time of every man's life in the world is appointed. Hence says Job, chap. vii. 1. ' Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?' And says the same great man, chap. xiv. 5. * His days are determined... | |
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