 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pagina’s
...kindred, and though before he had affinity with the greatest, yet here he gets a new affinity : " He saith to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister." The worm is our best kindred here ; the worm is our best bed ; yea worms thy best covering".... | |
 | John Piggott - 1714 - 554 pagina’s
...this Book, is very exprefs in this matter ; Job 17. 13, ff i wit, the Grave is my ffoufe / have faid to Corruption, Thou art my Father , and to the? Worm, Thou art my Mother, and my Sifter. He expedted to be gnawn by Worms, and to become an Entertainment for the moft contemptible Infeds.... | |
 | Lewis Bayly (bp. of Bangor.) - 1719 - 490 pagina’s
...dofl now fo dainitly feed, muft be fthou knoweft not how {bon) Meat for Worms: c When thoti Jbalt fy to corruption, thou art my Father, and to the Worm, thou art my Mother, and my Sifter. 7. Meditate, how that many a d Man's Tallt is made his Snare'. So that through his Intemperance and... | |
 | 1737 - 354 pagina’s
...Perfection as his Father, and the iighefl Order of Spirits as his Brethren, may in another refpect fay to Corruption, thou art my Father, and to the Worm, thou art my Mother and my Sifter, 0' H No.5-io. Monday, Oftobenj. IQuis defidtriojtt puAor aut modus Tam chari capitis ! Hor. Mr. SPECTATOR,... | |
 | Charles Wheatly - 1746 - 420 pagina’s
...that " unite the vifible and invifible World toge" ther? Infomuch that he who in one Re" fpect may fay to Corruption, Thou art my " Father, and to the Worm, Thou art my «, .Mother and my Sifttr, Job xvii. 14. may " in another Refpe<3 be aflbciated with An"gels and Archangels, may look... | |
 | James Hervey - 1748 - 316 pagina’s
...— Thofe who gloried in highhorn Anceftors, and noble Pedigree, here drop their lofty Pretenfions. They acknowlege Kindred with creeping Things, and...to the Worm, Thou. " art my Mother and my Sifter." — Q mortifying Truth ! Sufficient, one would think, to wean the moft fanguine Appetite from this... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1753 - 360 pagina’s
...Diforder, and where the Light is as Darknefs. 'This is my Houfe, there have I made my Bed : I have faid to Corruption, Thou art my Father, and to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and my Si/ler : As for my Hope, who jh all fee it ? I and my Hope go down together to the Bars of the Pit,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1753 - 376 pagina’s
...father, and the higheft order of fpirits as his brethren, may in another refpect fay to corruption, tbou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my Jifter. O Fades non omnibus ana, Nee dwerfa tamen ,. Ovid. THOSE who were skilful in anatomy among... | |
 | Thomas Hartley - 1754 - 454 pagina’s
...them waft conceived in Sin, and art by Na- SERMoN VIII ture a Child of Wrath; and that thou ' with Job fay to Corruption, T'hou art my Father, and to the Worm, 'Thou art my Mother and my Sifter : Nay thou art a difeafed Leper all over, and from the Crown of the Head to the Sole of the Foot there... | |
 | James Hervey - 1767 - 566 pagina’s
...xxv. 40. t Johnxvii. 22, 23. I Eph. iii. 19. How pleafing, yet how amazing the Thought ? Shall We, who fay to Corruption, Thou art my Father; and to the Worm, Thou art my Mother and my Sifter * : fliall We be permitted to fay, concerning the HEAD of all Principality and Power, We are Members... | |
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Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister. 
