| Edward Bickersteth - Eschatology - 1831 - 332 pages
...can infallibly tell that his life shall be continued here, even for another day, or another night. Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Prov. xxvii. 1.) This night thy soul may be required. (Luke xii. 20.) There are thousands... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1832 - 556 pages
...not then in youth ; it must soon turn to age. Rely not on strength ; it must soon end in weakness. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Prov. 27. 1.) Take no pride in thy wisdom or ability ; these shall go down quickly... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...never to enter it again ; and that the leave they had taken of their family was a farewell for ever! " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." " Go to now, ye that say, To day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1833 - 734 pages
...period of our own lives. Our existence this moment is no security for its continuance the next : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is always a matter of awful uncertainty when we enter on the business of the day,... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1832 - 330 pages
...steps. G If any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 7 Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. We know not what shall be on the morrow. ' Great men are not always wise, neither... | |
| Robert Sanderson - 1833 - 100 pages
..." It is not good for men to eat much honey : so for men to search their own glory is not glory." " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and not thine own... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...save thee in all thy cities ? 15 My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he is flesh. 16 Boast not thyself of tomorrow : for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 17 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.... | |
| Samuel Gover Winchester - Church work with the sick - 1833 - 156 pages
...life? it is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." James iv. 13. " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Prov. xxvii. 1. Our bodily constitution, and the circumstances in which we are placed,... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...This often appears in men with regard to their future expectations and designs. But wisdom says, " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." Hence James thus reproves a tradesman, not for any disposition to defraud and oppress,... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1833 - 698 pages
...period of our own lives. Our existence this moment is no security for its continuance the next : " Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." It is always a matter of awful uncertainty when we enter on the business of the day,... | |
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