 | Isaac Barrow - 1712 - 190 pages
...afluredly burn and dry it up, with our life that upholds it. Sure- Pf»l. &.'£ ly ( faith the Pfalmifl ) men of low degree are vanity , and men of high degree are a lye : Men of high degree ; the mighty Princes, the fa* mous Captains, the fubtile Stated men, the grave... | |
 | Thomas Ken (bp. of Bath and Wells.) - 1725 - 192 pages
...piercM our Hands., than holpen us: We have experienc'd the Truth of what David long ago affirmed, That men of low degree are vanity , and men of high degree are a lye : And therefore let us all fay as he does, Pfal. Ixii. 5. My foul, wait thou only upon God, for... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1751 - 420 pages
...conditions of men, of all ftatipns in life, as confirm what the Pfalmift faith, Pfal. Ixii. 9. Surely men of low degree are vanity, and, men of high degree are a lie ; to be laid in the. ballance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Thefe changes very often have... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...are as nothing; >J and they are counted to him as lefs than no" thing/*" And Pfalm Ixii. 9. " Surely men of " low degree are vanity, and men of high degree " are a lie : to be laid in the balance, they are al* together lighter than vanity." G 3 ' § 3* — — Ipfe arduus... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1777 - 528 pages
...in this book when he is proving that all is vanity. And his Father David faith it exprefly ; Surely men of low degree are vanity ; and men of high degree are a lye : to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity, Pfal. Ixii. 9. Here the prince... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...Truftinhim at all times; ye people, pour out ycur heart before him : God is a refuge for us. Selah. 9 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. 10 Truft notinoppreffion, and... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1794 - 540 pages
...in this book, when he is proving that all is vanity. And his father David faith exprefly, *' Surely men of low degree are vanity ; and men of high degree are a lye; to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity," Plal. Ixii. 9. Here the prince... | |
 | Oliver Heywood - 1796 - 272 pages
...folicitude is unworthy the purfuit. If it could be gained, where would be the advantage ? " 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." But the favour of God is life... | |
 | Oliver HEYWOOD - 1796 - 274 pages
...folicitude is unworthy the purfuit. It it could be gained, where would be the advantage ? " 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." But the favour of God is life... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1798 - 420 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
