...down of a tree ; and fhews that the latter, in fome refpecTts, has the advantage of the former. " For there is hope of a tree, " if it be cut down, that it will i'prout again, and " that the tender branch the'reof will not ceafe. " Though the root thereof wax...

...Admirable is that of Job, chap. 14. " Man со" mcth f.irtli as a Hower, and ч tut down. — " Ther« is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that " it will l;>rotit again, and that the icmicr braneli " thereof will not ceafe; bur man dieth, ami " wafteth...

...death, •will return no more to live in his present state, or to possess his present enjoyments. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant : but man dieth, and wasteth away '• yea, man giveth up the ghost, and wnere is he ? As the waters...

...state, or to possess his present enjoyments. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down> that ir will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof...it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant: but man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters tail...

...the grave, he sinks into everlasting night, and never riseth more. " For there " is hope," says he, " of a tree, if it be cut " down, that it will sprout...root thereof wax old in the earth, and the " stock die in the ground; yet through the " scent of the water it will bud, and bring forth " boughs like...

...forth. This puts me in mind of what the man of patience beautifully exprefleth in thefe words: " For there is hope of a tree, if it " be cut down, that it will fprout again, and " that the tender branch thereof will not " ceafe : though the root thereof wax old...

...determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; for there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail...

...wi'h as much pleasure a» the hireling, or day labourer, f meets ¡he sliatf'jw of the n'ening. For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender 8 branch thereof wjll not cease. Though the root thereof wax 9 old in the earth, and the stock thereof...

...dclcripiion is corrcA. ' Ilia's wofkwas publithcd abuut 40 years ago; * Yours, &<i. HANTONIENSIS. " There is hope of a Tree, if it be cut down, that it will I'prout a»'ain; and that the tender branch thereof will not c;afe." Job xiv. j. To TA KNIGHT, Eaa!...

...celebrated addrels to the fun in Gllun's Works ; and this is, perhaps, excelled by the facred poet. " For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will yet fprout, and the branches i hereof wilj not ceafe. Though the root ot it wax old in the eanii, mid...