 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ? — Job viL 17. Ps. cxHv.3. xc. 5, 6. For vain (or empty) man would be wise; though man be born like a wild ass's colt. — Job xi. 12. Wilt thon break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble ? for... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 578 pages
...indocile is the wild ass, in the mind of Zophar, than the human kind in their present degenerate state : " Vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt."0 Empty, self-conceited man, still aspires to equal God in wisdom and knowledge ; still fondly... | |
 | Josiah Hopkins - Presbyterian Church - 1825 - 322 pages
...wicked are estranged from the womb, they go astray as soon as they be born speaking lies." a " For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass colt." b To this, we may add, that the conduct of children, corresponds with this account. The... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1825 - 520 pages
...mind," among the fallen posterity of Adam, may be parallelled with the assertion respecting Adam : " Vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild asses colt." This vain and wicked supposition and expectation will be found to correspond with the... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...the human standard, and place him on a level with those who are born of God by regeneration. " For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt." And surely that man can have but little knowledge of himself, and have formed a very low estimate of... | |
 | Elijah Bailey - God - 1826 - 364 pages
...cannot presume to deny the fact, that the Father is eternal. It is, however, often verified, that " vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild asses colt." Job, 11, 12. From Father and Son in relation to the Godhead, and their eternal unity,... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...him i 11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also ; will he not then consider if 1 12 For she ass"» colt. 13 If thou prepare thy heart, and stretch out thy hands toward him ; 14 If iniquity /»'... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pages
...: he sectil wickedness also ; will he nut then consider i/ .' men do JOB. lomttimri prorptr. 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him ; 14 If iniquity be in thine... | |
 | Christian life - 1827 - 418 pages
...soul approves it well. SON OF JESSE. (For the Spiritual Magazine.) THE GENERAL ELECTION OF 1826. " VAIN man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt," saidZophar, one of Job's friends; and the sad fact is confirmed by the principles and practices of... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1827 - 538 pages
...because God hath said it. I know this is a hard doctrine to flesh and blood. For, as Job tells us, " Vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt." Though by nature we be ever so foolish, vain, and ignorant, understanding the great mysteries of the... | |
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For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. 
