EARLY AMERICAN LITERATURE MAGAZINE Early American Literature Magazine exam | Page 14

2. It implies, that they were always exposed to sudden unexpected destruction. As he that
walks in slippery places is every moment liable to fall, he cannot foresee one moment
whether he shall stand or fall the next; and when he does fall, he falls at once without
warning: Which is also expressed in “Surely thou didst set them in slippery places; thou
castedst them down into destruction: How are they brought into desolation as in a
moment? (Psalm 73:18-19)”….
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