| James Slade - 1835 - 578 pages
...agrees with the sentence which was passed upon man, at the very period of the fall, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground ." We may further observe, that the greatest delight, which we experience upon earth, is frequently... | |
| Thoughts - 1837 - 86 pages
...forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field."—Genesis iii. 18. (36) « I n t ne sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground." « Cursed is the ground for thy sake, in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life."—... | |
| P. M. Carey - Apologetics - 1838 - 316 pages
...disobedience ; and after he had tasted the forbidden fruit, the sentence passed upon him was, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." What can any... | |
| Christian life - 1838 - 638 pages
...this is what came in by sin, as is manifest by what God said to Adam, after his sin, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken ; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return," Gen. iii. 19.... | |
| Asia - 1841 - 564 pages
...and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face* shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return." That earth which... | |
| Henry St. George Tucker - Natural law - 1844 - 372 pages
...is practicable, consistently with the undeniable and irversible destiny of our race ; " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground." The wants and necessities of man must forever require that a large portion of the species • should be... | |
| John Bruce - Consolation - 1844 - 306 pages
...since the ground was cursed for man's sake, we have felt the weight of the sentence, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return unto the ground." Life is a busy, active scene, which calls both for mental and bodily exertion. Our necessities oblige... | |
| 1848 - 444 pages
...sentence, every clause of which more plainly indicates and marks our pathway to the tomb. " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground." By this expression we may conclude that Adam had been before apprised of the nature of death; that... | |
| Sydney Warburton - 1853 - 156 pages
...favourite and too selfish pursuit. LAST WEEK IN LENT. THE EXERCISE OF SELF-DENIAL IN WORK. " IN the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground," was the prophecy of a punishment which has been fully carried out by the constitution of the world... | |
| rev. Hugh Baird - 1856 - 336 pages
...success. Every one should have a business. — " His business." The Word of God says, " In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the ground." " This we commanded you, that if any would not work neither should he eat." It is thus the will of... | |
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