 | William Sherlock - Death - 1739 - 314 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...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 - Sermons - 1793 - 312 pages
...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 - Theology - 1794 - 502 pages
...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... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...From the same. Is there not an appointed time to man upon ear*h ? are not his days also like the day of an hireling? As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work ; so am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...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 - Congregational churches - 1803 - 572 pages
...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 Isa. xvi. 14, and Isa. xxi.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...e.Tcuseth Iris desire of death. 12 He conifitainah of his own restlessness, and of God's watchfulness, j'li Greenough and Stebbins ? 2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward o/'his work... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...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, he... | |
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When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone ? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. 
