...Intellectually he could receive it : he could know it to be a truth incontrovertible by any argument, that "man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of trouble ; he cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down, he fleeth like a shadow and continueth not."...

...14. What is meant by "congrua et perfecta?" 15. Are the following sentences Propositions or not ? " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live." "Do ye now believe?" "Truth lies in the bottom of a well." "Tempus fugit." " O how amiable are thy...

...deliberate manner, the reading of the burial-service, an awful silence prevailing among the spectators. " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time...cometh up and is cut down like a flower ; he fleeth аз it were a shadow, and never coutinuetb in one stay. In the midst of life we are in death : of...

...the signal is put into his hand. Mr. Cotton then resumes the reading of the burial service : — " Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time...the midst of life we are in death: of whom may we * Let me not be understood from this as approving of the funeral service of the church. I regard it...

...portions of Scripture, eminently profitable to all living. From the book of Job we are reminded that " man that is born of a woman, hath but a short time...were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay." What is man's life ? A passing dream is an emblem of it — a beautiful flower cut off by the night...

...Rising embarrassed with his voice, backing to the wall and nodding, agreement yes and. Here we go again. "Is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down,...a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never ..." Composed and solemn, this bored, my beard for chrissakes! In the midst of life. "We are in death:...

...men stooped down, lowering the mattress into the grave, he began to speak again. "Man that is born of woman hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. ... He cometh up and is cut down ... he fleeth as it were a shadow. . . . Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and...

...seen in public for the first time since her 232 husband's death - walked to the chairs provided them. "Man, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery," said the Reverend Lembcke, beginning the committal service. "He cometh up, and is cut down, like a...

...finished, Commander Wainwright stepped forward and read once more from the service. "Man, that is bora of a woman, hath but a short time to live and is full of misery. He cornetti up, and is cut down, like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, never continued! in one...

...important at a funeral and is effected, for example, by the words of the Book of Common Prayer 1662: 'Man that is born of a woman hath but a short time to live.' But it is equally vital at marriage and baptism services. The marriage vows have the feeling of having...