...fixed point of security which we could gain, the mind would then have some basis on which to rest. I 3 But our condition is such, that every thing wavers...totters around us. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; forthou knowest not whataduy may bring forth." It is much if, during its course, thou he;trest not...

...and Death are always within a Moment's March of us, ready at—GOD'S— command to strike the blow. " Boast not thyself of to-Morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth;" therefore, so arrange all your Affairs, that when Sickness and Sorrow come, you may...

...fixed point of security which we could gain, the mind would then have some basis on which to rest. 13. But our condition is such, that every thing wavers...totters around us. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow j for thou knowest not What a day may bring forth." It is much if, during its course, thou nearest...

...' To-morrow shall be as this day, and more abundantly,' we are obliged in return to say to them, ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.' I do not mean that, in the unknown prospect which lies before us, we should forebode...

...the new testament were then unwritten. But still his answer was comprised in the well known proverb, "Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." And Croesus, though at the time he spurned the cautious wisdom and forecast of the...

...Father, who is in secret; and thy Father who seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Matt. vi. 6. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.* Prov. xxvii. 1. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.f James...

...expectation shall perish. — Prov. xi. 7. The righteous hath hope in his death.— Prov. xiv. 32. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. — Prov. xxvii. 1. How dieth the wise man ? as the fool. — Eccles. ii. 16. A time...

...completely satisfactory ; still there remains to be considered the vanity of uncertain possession apd short duration. Were there in worldly things any fixed...what a day may bring forth." it is much if, during UK course, thou hearest not of somewhat to disquiet or alarm thee. For life never proceeds long in...

...would be well if we had not. " Indeed, we have not in reality, whatever we may have in imagination. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Fifthly. Before this short, and uncertain period terminates, many opportunities and...

..."December 31, 1696. This year is at an end. On the first day of it I preached from Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.' My fathers, where are they 7 And where am I ? Hasting after them. I have lost much...