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"Truly, every man at his best state is altogether vanity."
Psalm 39:5
By Adam's fall, man has become a pile of dust, a puff of
wind; a dream; a shadow; a puff of smoke; a poor silly flea,
a worm, a debased soul, a curious nothing. Yes, man having
fallen from his primitive glory, has become altogether vanity,
says the prophet in Psalm 39:5, "Truly, every man at his best
state is altogether vanity." Truly, every mannot some man,
but every man at his best state, when he is in the height and
perfection of all creature comforts and contentments, is
altogether, not in some measurebut altogether, vanityall
vanity. Since the fall of Adam every natural man in his best
estate is vanity; nay, every man is every vanity. Imagine
whatever vanity you willfallen man is that. He is a
comprehensive vanityhe is an epitome of all vanity.
Man in honor, before his fall, was the best of creatures; but
since his fall, he has become the worst of creatures. By his
fall he is fallen below the very beasts which perish. He who
was once the image of God, the glory of paradise, the world's
ruler, and the Lord's darlinghas now become a burden to
heaven, a burden to himself.
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