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... rich vein of piety into their writings , as to enlighten our understandings , and warm our affections . They were men " of an excellent spirit . " Their unharmonious periods may not be agreeable to the cold philosophical critic ; but ...
... rich vein of piety into their writings , as to enlighten our understandings , and warm our affections . They were men " of an excellent spirit . " Their unharmonious periods may not be agreeable to the cold philosophical critic ; but ...
Page ix
... riches and great possessions , which , so far from satisfying the heart of man , occasion more cares , less sleep and quiet ; are snares to their owners , who , while they live , possess them with b sorrow , and when they die , yield ...
... riches and great possessions , which , so far from satisfying the heart of man , occasion more cares , less sleep and quiet ; are snares to their owners , who , while they live , possess them with b sorrow , and when they die , yield ...
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... riches , and then to use them , are the gift of God , Deut . viii . 18. Fourthly , that pious persons are the only proper subjects of true joy , Gal . v . 22. Fifthly , that in addition to other curses , wicked men are often punished by ...
... riches , and then to use them , are the gift of God , Deut . viii . 18. Fourthly , that pious persons are the only proper subjects of true joy , Gal . v . 22. Fifthly , that in addition to other curses , wicked men are often punished by ...
Page 123
... rich , Prov . xiii . 11. so the slack hand maketh poor , Prov . x . 4. He thinks it the part of wisdom to spare his pains and sit quiet ; and because he cannot attain to so much dexterity and skill as another , he will enviously sit ...
... rich , Prov . xiii . 11. so the slack hand maketh poor , Prov . x . 4. He thinks it the part of wisdom to spare his pains and sit quiet ; and because he cannot attain to so much dexterity and skill as another , he will enviously sit ...
Page 126
... riches , nei- ther saith he , For whom do I labour , and bereave my soul of good ? This is also va- nity , yea , it is a sore travail . " There is one alone , " & c . One by himself , as Gen. xix . 9 ; and not a second , that is ...
... riches , nei- ther saith he , For whom do I labour , and bereave my soul of good ? This is also va- nity , yea , it is a sore travail . " There is one alone , " & c . One by himself , as Gen. xix . 9 ; and not a second , that is ...
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Page 382 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 279 - All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificed!, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner ; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 297 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 379 - I have no pleasure in them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 268 - Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: but it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
Page 51 - I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house ; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me ; I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings, and of the provinces : I gat me mensingers and women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.
Page 394 - And moreover, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge ; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.
Page 245 - Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
Page 170 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Page 147 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.