...VI. SERMON XV. PROCRASTINATION ; OR THE SIN AND FOLLY OF DEPENDING ON FUTURE TIME. Prov. xxvii. 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. THE design of the wise man, in this book of Proverbs is. to give us the precepts of...

...with seven others, their boat upset, and every man perished, almost within sight of their home ! (" Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Prov. xxvii. 1.) His wife went into service, and placed her child under the care...

...be severed off, that piece of cloth, destined to be your shroud." The admonition of the Lord is, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth :" Prov. xxvii. 1 . \Vhat is there so firm in youth, in health, or strength, that on...

...can infallibly tell that his life shall be continued here, even for another day, or another night. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) This night thy soul may be required. (Luke xii. 20.) There are thousands...

...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what' a day may bring forth1 — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,...

...are not to do evil that good may come. As to your future intentions, as a minister of the Gospel, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." And if you be a parent, or a husband, is it not written, " Leave thy fatherless children,...

...themselves; nevertheless, on New Year's day, 1 792, he was able to preach to his people on Prov. xxvii. 1. ' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth' — a text with which he opened his ministry in that congregation, and with which,...

...As no man reasonably can be elevated with confidence in a good state, presuming on its duration, (' Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth;') so no man should be dejected for a bad one, in suspicion that it will abide long...

...anyfixed 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...knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is much if,during its course, thou hearest not of somewhat to disquiet or alarm thee. For life never proceeds...

...period of our own lives. Our existence this moment is no security for its continuance the next : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is always a matter of awful uncertainty when we enter on the business of the day, whether we shall close...