...chap. 1. ver. 21. Λ Psalm 146. ver. 4. · Ibid. 101. ver. 29. have made my bed in the darkness. I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister." This is that common sepulchre, non factum scd natum, not made by the hand of man, but provided by nature...

...let ray laft End be like his. The Grave is my Houfe: I have made my Bed in the Darknefs: I have faid to Corruption, Thou art my Father ; to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and my Sifter. Here refts (With Five of his Children) All that was mortal Of JOHN HACKETT, Late of this Parifh...

...of them as men, ufe ro fye*k of their houfes and deareft relations, Job xvii. 74. " I havei " faid to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou> " art my mother and fifter," Bur it needs much grace to' bring, and hold the heart to this work; and therefore Mofes begs...

...bands, to fee it raifed and reftored to a more glorious form than it now exifts in : Hence he could fay to corruption, 'Thou art my father ; to the -worm, Thou art my mother and my fijier: And where is now my hope? As for my hope, who Jhall fee it ? They Jhall go down to the bars...

...thou, and do likewife; and when death comes, tbou ihalt have nothing ado but to ly down '' I have faid to corruption, thou art my father; to the worm, thou art my mother and my (iíter." Do thou (ду fo too; and thou wilt be the fitter to go horns to their houfe. Be frequently...

...darknefs. 13 If I wait, the grave is mine houfe: I have made my bed in the darknefs. 14 I'have faid to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my fifter. 15 And where is now my hope ? as for my hope, who fhall fee it ? 16 They fhall go down to the...

...feveral ftations in it, without calling us into his counfel, who are but duft and afhes, who may " fay to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my fifter," Job xvii. 14. If, indeed, by our difcretion, or honeft induflry, we may render our condition...

...go unto one place, and all are of the duft, and all turn to duff again. t Job xvii. 1 4. I have faid to corruption, Thou art my father; to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my fifter. Chap. xix. 26. And though after my fldn worms dcftray this body, yet in my flefh fhall I fee...

...full penalty of temporal death. He muft return unto the duft from whence he was ' taken. He fhall fay to corruption, 'Thou art my father ; to the worm^ 'Thou art my mother andmy Jifter (m}. Yet his heart is glad and his glory rejoiceth : his flefh alfo (hall reft in hope....

...the children from without, and the young men from the ftreets. The grave is mine houfe. I have faid to corruption, thou art my father; to the worm, thou art my mother and my Utter. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply sur hearts unto wifdom. Whatfoever thy hand...