...literally, "sons of the Labiah :" for which, see Gen. xlix. 12. VERSE 19. How much less in them who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust ; Which are crushed before the moth. The Hebrew osh, is employed to describe the moth, in other passages of this poem, as chap. xiii. 28;...

...may be in religion, his selfhood remains, and remains to eternity, so that it is said of God that " He put no trust in His servants, and His angels He charged with folly." The selfhood of the regenerate is the ground of humility and self-abasement. Its activity as evil has...

...than his Maker? IS Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation in in the dust, which are crushed before the moth ? CHAP. V. Affliction is for man's good. 6 'ALTHOUGH...

...is as nothing before thee. Thou turnest man to destruction : and sayest, return ye children of men. Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his...the moth. They are destroyed from morning to evening : they perish for ever without any regarding it. Doth not their excellency which is in them go away...

...it ? must not that be right which he has determined, although his counsels may be unsearchable ? " Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?" Dost thou love thy soul, proud man, lay aside thy carjial reasoning, and make sure thy salvation in...

...the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God ? shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much less...

...niade use of to elude the plain meaning of the eternal judgment that will pass upon the wicked : " shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?" Job 4. 17. The reprobates have now some bold advocates, that plead those things for favour to them,...

...nations before him are as nothing ; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity." — " Behold, he put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly." — " What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man, that thou visitest him ?" 11. These...

...in which the marginal reading differs from the words it refers to : Thus it is said, in Job iv. 1 s. He put no trust in his servants, and his angels he charged with folly : In the margin, it is observed, that the words may be read, He put no trust in his servants, nor in...

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