...' We all do fade as doth the leaf.' — Our days are as an hand-breadth, and our years as nothing. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through...

...him to life. (2.) The second passage, which the bishop brings forward, is taken from the book of Job. There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet, through...

...he cannot pass ; turn from him that he may rest, till he shall accomplish his day. For there is hepe of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. But man dieth and wasleth away ; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail...

...' We all do fade as doth the leaf.1 — Our days are as an hand-breadth, and our years as nothing. There is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it \vill sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not eease. Though the root thereof was...

...similitude, Job amplifies and illustrates the truth, that ' The days of man are determined,' &c. " Verse 7. ' There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.' " This may be viewed as an argument to move the Lord to spare Job ; though he had beaten off his leaves,...

...may stick upon the ground again, but they will never take root.' Foolish man ! Did he not know that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease:' and' that through the scent in water it will" bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.' " " I think,"...

...and his sunbeams remember the broken tree thou leavest behind thee. Saith not his holy word " that there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down that it...and that the tender branch thereof will not cease ?" Thus may it lie with our people—with our Church. Though the root Thereof wax old in the earth,...

...not. " And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee ? " There is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground...

...tomb, and its leaves appeared covered with the dust of the grave. " But there is hope of a tree, though it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease." This hope was fully realised as it regards this Plant of Renown. On the third day after it had been...

...accumulated troubles, and which introduces him into a state of perfect rest and endless felicity. — " For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down , " if the stump only be left in the ground, that " it will sprout again." Heb. fbrv, will yet renew...