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Rh The preſent life of man is ſhort.

E need not be long or prolix in telling you that our life is short they ve been but a ſhort while in the world who not convinced from their own obſervaon of daily deaths that mortal man is of  days: therefore to prevent multiplication f words in proving a thing that readily   have their ſenſes about them will ay;  we ſhall offer on this head, ſhall be to cite nd narrate ſome ſcripture paages, wherein e brevity of man's life is illuſtrated by coming it to ſeveral things that are tranſitory nd corruptible in their nature, or of very ort duration and continuance Job ix  My ays are ſwiſter than a weaver's ſhuttle, which flyeth in the twinkling of an eye from ne end of the web loom to the other. Job x 25 26 My days are ſwifter than a poſt, hey pas away as the ſwift ſhip and as the agle that haſteth to the prey; All which are moſt ſwift and voilnt in their motion Pſal xc 9 our years as a ta that is told,. i 7 My life is wind, that paeth by us fteſt wings in a moment of time, Jam iv r what is your life? it is even a vapour