...its shortness now ? David has chosen the best, " Thou hast made my days an handbreadth ; mine age is nothing before thee. Verily every man at his best state, is altogether vanity." Moses says, " The days of our years are threeacore years aind ten ; and if by reason of strength they...

...hour will tell the story of a toilsome life, and another generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of...every man at his best state, is altogether vanity. The life to which we fondly cling shall vanish in a moment, like the air which we expire ; and the...

...generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mint' end, and the measure of my daiis, what it is ; that I may know how frail I am. Behold...every man at his best state, is altogether vanity. The life to which we fondly cling shall vanish in a •moment, like the air which we expire; and the...

...hour will tell the story of a toilsome life, and another generation will forget that we have been. Lord make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail 1 am. Behold thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee : verify...

...and limited, our days are determined, and our months numbered. Hence David prays, Psal. xxxix. 4. ' Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of...days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am.' Our days are measured ; they are as the days of an hireling. As the hireling hath a set time to work...

...and the ingratitude of man ; the transient miseries of time, and the durable glories of eternity. 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days what it is : that / may know how frail I am. Wearied with the contradiction of sinners, and sickening at the prospect...

...days will have an end, and we must seriously consider that. Hence says the Psalmist, Psal. xxxix. 4. * Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is. Every thing that is numerable has an end ; and therefore eternity cannot be numbered, since it hath...

...feems, in Wai.xrxix.fenfe to this here ; Lord, prays he, make me to know 4> my end, and the meafure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am : concerning the drift of which place, as well as of this here, it were obvioua to conceive that both...

...contrast with the Divine nature, viewed his own existence aa defective and short-lived, and exclaimed, " Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is" — how limited, and short, and soon run out my little term of life — " that I may know," and duly...

...assistance, the grace of God. With solemn ardour of soul he prays, ' Lord, direct my thoughts, dispose me, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is !' Observe, he reflects that ' the end of all 'things is at hand.' He puses, and thinks that the end...