Bible Encyclopedia: Flowers: Shortness of Man's Life

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Book ii.
... has clothed itself with a variety of flowers, it is ... And certainly the usual shortness
of life seems neither to ... of the whole course of man's life, what comfort ...
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The Barren Fig-Tree;
... for fruit according to the nature of the plant or flowers. ... I say to the wicked, O
wicked man, thou shalt ... if he walk in the statutes of life, without committing ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/the barren fig-tree.htm

Panegyric on his Brother S. Cæsarius.
... and firstfruits or garlands and newly plucked flowers, wherewith men ... As for man his
days are as grass, as a ... in these words, "Let me know the shortness of my ...
/.../cyril/lectures of s cyril of jerusalem/oration vii panegyric on his.htm

On the Soul and the Resurrection.
... information of the like, ascertaining the nature of the malady by the shortness
of the ... Once man's life had but one character; and by that I mean that it was to ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/on the soul and the 2.htm

The Heart of the Gospel
... In the days of Nero there was great shortness of food in the city of ... but much more
absurd would it be to try to overlay with flowers of speech ... Yield thee, man! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 32 1886/the heart of the gospel.htm

The Peculiar Sleep of the Beloved
... the next wind may wither all the flowers, and where shall ... deceived; God is not mocked;
whatsoever a man soweth that ... of your own lives"by the shortness of time ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 1 1855/the peculiar sleep of the.htm

The Necessity of Diligently Seeking the Saints' Rest.
... the work we have to do, to the shortness and uncertainty ... with all its furniture of
plants and flowers, fruits, birds ... never was, nor ever will be, a man but will ...
/.../baxter/the saints everlasting rest/chapter vii the necessity of.htm

False Profession.
... the canker-rose; flowers, and wild flowers; the apple ... his body, with headache, heartache,
backache, shortness of breath ... almost all the symptoms of a man past all ...
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The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
... his estate. For even 'all that a man hath will he give for his life,' and
to keep body and soul firmly knit together. But now, when ...
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Israel's Hope Encouraged;
... mercy from everlasting.' 'There is no single flowers in God's ... at the revelation of
Jesus Christ, all shortness in duties ... is no more possible for a man to live ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/israels hope encouraged.htm

Torrey's Topical Textbook

Job 14:2
He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Psalm 103:15
As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Flowers

Flowers of the Grass

Flowers: Appear in Spring

Flowers: Beautiful

Flowers: Cultivated in Gardens

Flowers: Evanescent

Flowers: Garlands of, Used in Worship of Idols

Flowers: Glory of Man