Sketches of Sermons Genesis 3:17 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying… I. THE FRAILTY OF OUR NATURE. 1. Its origin. However glorious our Maker, however exquisite the human body, God made that body of the dust of the earth. 2. Its liability to injury. No sooner born than fierce diseases wait to attack us. If not destroyed — injured — accidents. All the elements attack us. 3. Its tendency to dissolution. Behold the ravages of time. Human life has its spring, summer, autumn, and winter (Psalm 103:14, 15; Psalm 90:5, 6; Psalm 39:4, 5). II. THE CERTAINTY OF OUR END. 1. We are born to die. Our first breath is so much of nature exhausted. The first hour we live is an approach to death. 2. The perpetual exit of mortals confirms it. 3. God hath decreed it. 4. Learn rightly to estimate life. (Sketches of Sermons.) Parallel Verses KJV: And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; |
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