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Torrey's Topical Textbook

1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away:
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Growing up into Christ
... Again, it is compared to the germination of the good seed ... Isaiah 61:3. So from natural
life, illustrations are ... that which ministers to its life "air, sunshine ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/steps to christ/chapter 8 growing up into.htm

A Sketch of the Life of S. Gregory of Nyssa.
... far-seen with quivering leaves.' But the natural growth of ... of the latter years of
Gregory of Nyssa's life. ... of others then preached, are humbly compared to the ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter i a sketch of the.htm

The New Nature
... hearers, it is as real as is the natural birth; for ... Your life may have been moral,
but it will not suffice ... compare it to grass in poetry, may be compared to it ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 7 1861/the new nature.htm

The Water of Life;
... it may be to intimate that they ran but low formerly, if compared to what ... and mire
will serve a sow; so things of this life suit best ... The natural man receiveth ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the water of life.htm

Aron, Brother of Moses, 486, 487.
... natural and spiritual, [116]231; natural, brings guilt ... 1012]186; accompanies us all
through life, [1013]361 ... Ungodly, compared to grass, [1025]174; flourish for ...
/.../augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/aron brother of moses 486.htm

Question of the Comparison Between the Active and the ...
... is destined for action, as man is compared to woman ... Some, on the contrary, have a
natural purity of ... which renders them fit for the contemplative life; if such ...
/.../on prayer and the contemplative life/question clxxxii of the comparison.htm

The Alchemy of Influence
... be more simple, more intelligible, more natural, more supernatural ... make the blessed
fabric of earthly life, yet, after all, what the summer is compared with all ...
/.../the alchemy of influence.htm

The Awakening of Zion
... and exhaustion"but slow and languid compared with the ... we say, Why should I ask for
natural life, I received ... Life thus touching all our being, life will flow ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture h/the awakening of zion.htm

The Germination of the Earth.
... heard and this command were as a natural and permanent ... luxury, and in the prime of
life, with complexion ... Therefore the Prophet has compared human glory to the ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/homily v the germination of.htm

Three Homilies. On Our Lord.
... us and is formed in us in its natural manner; and ... of Lazarus: but within, He raised
to life the mortality ... For our Lord compared the sins of the sinful woman to ...
/.../ephraim/hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/three homilies on our lord.htm