| George Campbell - 1801 - 404 halaman
...ordinary mode of composition, as well as of arrangement. The following is an example in this way : " Your fathers, where are they ? " and the prophets, do they live for ever J ?" A colder writer would have satisfied himself with saying, " Where are your fathers ? and do the... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 halaman
...ways, and [from] your evil doings ; but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saiili the LORD. 5 Your fathers, where [are] they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever ? those who prophesied, and the people against whom they prophesied, are all dead ; but the testimony... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 348 halaman
...the following paflages : " Silver tnd gold have I none ; but fuch as I hare, give I unto thee," &c. " Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever J" Sometimes, however, when we intend to give weight to a fentence, it is of advantage to fufpend the... | |
| William Jay - 1805 - 486 halaman
...forth like a flower, and " is cut down : he fleeth alfo as ^a fhadow, and c'on" tinueth not." " The fathers, where are they ? and" the prophets, do they live for ever ?" We enter the city, and fee man going to his long home, and the mourners going about the ftreets.... | |
| Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 halaman
...imitate and highly prize them for their works' sake ! Enoch was a prophet ; but prophets must die. " Your fathers, where are they : and the prophets, do they live for ever?" Prize faithful ministers. You will not have them long ; they will soon depart out of your sight, and... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 halaman
...following passages :• " Silver and gold have I none ; but such as I have, give I unto thee," &c. " Your fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever ?" Sometimes, however, when we intend to give weight to a sentence, it is of advantage to suspend the... | |
| Charles Wellbeloved - 1809 - 216 halaman
...departure out of it. One other reflection suggested by this event is of great importance to us all. " Our fathers, where are they ? and the prophets, do they live for ever ?" Our fathers have ceased 196 to have any interest in all that is wrought under the sun, and the prophets... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1811 - 552 halaman
...— My Father, my Father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. Well may we cry out, Our fathers, where are they ; and the prophets, do they live for ever ? Hereby are we solemnly admonished that we must die. How doth it become us to shake off sloth, and... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1811 - 554 halaman
...— My Father, my Father, the chariot'of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. Well may we cry out, Our fathers, where are they ; and the prophets, do they live for ever ? Hereby are we solemnly admonished that we must die. How doth it become us to shake off sloth, and... | |
| 1841 - 606 halaman
...commemoration of the Centenary in a manner which is conceived to be worthy of such an occasion. "Our fathers, where are they ? and the Prophets, do they live for ever ?" They laboured, and we have entered into their labours : and while we call to remembrance the former... | |
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