...may speak to us upon this subject, and inform us how God regards his various intelligent creatures. Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly. How much less in them who dwell in houses of clay; whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth. Nothing...

...his beauty to consume like a moth ; surely every man is vanity ! " Ps. xxxix. 11. " Mortal man, — them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation...in the dust, which are crushed before the moth'." Job iv. 17, 19. Was this heap of dust, were these tattered fragments, a few hours ago sporting in life...

...vision, with the manner of it, this he affirms to be the revelation that by voice was made unto him ; ' Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his Maker? Behold he puts no trust in his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly. How much less on them that dwell...

...thou mayest launch forth into the vast ocean of eternity. You are but frail, mortal creatures, you " dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth." Your breath is in your nostrils, turned in and out every moment ; as many members, senses, and pores...

...before mine eyes, § there was silence, i °r; /*<w<i 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 ; |j and his »<*•«• isangels he charged with folly...

...the form thereof: an image *>as before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 17 eth upon the ? 8 18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly : 19 How much...

...their comparative nothingness and unworthiness. How then must vile man appear in his sight ? Says Job, Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels...in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust ? Man, as a rebel against God, in an unrenewed state, is considered in a moral point of view, as wholly...

...goodness of ours can extend unto thee. Thou puttest no trust in thy servants; (and thine angels thou hast charged with folly ; ) how much less in them that...is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth ! Nevertheless thou hast not left us K3 to perish ; but hast remembered us in our low estate, for thy...

...Our souls sicken at the disgusting recollection. Hear his interrogation concerning the human race: Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man...pure than his Maker ? Behold, he put no- trust in his servants,1 and his angels he charged with folly : How much less in them, that dwell in houses of clay,...

...wretcheJ creatures born in sin, how is it possible for frail mortals, a compound of dust and ashes, 'that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth,' Job iv. 19, how is it possible for beings so mean, so degraded, to become ' one' •with God, as Jesus...