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THE FRAILTY OF LIFE.

PREPARATION FOR DEATH.

I know not the day of my death.-Gen. xxvii. 2. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!Duet. xxxii. 29.

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding.-1 Ch. xxix. 15.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling ?— Job vii. 1.

O remember that my life is wind...7.

For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow :-Job viii. 9.

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,-Job x. 20.

Before I go whence I shall not return...21. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.—Job xiv. 1.

He cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.—2.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass.-Job xiv. 5.

When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.—Job xvi. 22.

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.-Job xxi. 23.

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.-Job xxiv. 22.

If he (God) set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;—Job xxxiv. 14. All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.-15.

In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.—20.

Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.-Ps. xxxix. 4.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.—5.

Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.-6.

When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity.-11.

O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.-Ps. xxxix. 13.

Remember how short my time is...Ps. lxxxix. 47.

What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?...48.

...We spend our years as a tale that is told.-Ps. xc. 9.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.-10.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.-12.

My days are like a shadow that declineth ;... Ps. cii. 11.

The Lord pitieth them that fear him.-Ps. ciii. 13. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.-14.

As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.-15.

Thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.--Ps. civ. 29.

Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!-Ps. cxliv. 3.

Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away.-4.

His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth... Ps. cxlvi. 4.

Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.-Prov. xxvii. 1.

For the living know that they shall die... Eccl. ix. 5. ...Man also knoweth not his time...12.

Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live... Isa. xxxviii. 1.

... All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:-Isa. xl. 6.

The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.-7.

...And we all do fade as a leaf...Isa. lxiv. 6. Prepare to meet thy God...Amos iv. 12.

COMFORT AND SUPPORT IN THE

HOUR OF DEATH.

Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his !-Num. xxiii. 10.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him ;—Job xi. 13.

If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away,...14. For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear :—15.

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away :-16.

And thine age shall be clearer than the noon day; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.-17.

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; ...and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.-18.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid.-19.

Salvation belongeth unto the Lord... Ps. iii. 8.
He restoreth my soul:... Ps. xxiii. 3.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.-4. ...And I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.-6. O keep my soul, and deliver me...Ps. xxv. 20.

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