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... worldly absurdity . Like the reappearance of the radiant sun in a smiling azure'sky , after many dark and cloudy days , and heavy showers , so , in the Book of Ecclesiastes , we see once more the great Solomon , the matchless teacher of ...
... worldly absurdity . Like the reappearance of the radiant sun in a smiling azure'sky , after many dark and cloudy days , and heavy showers , so , in the Book of Ecclesiastes , we see once more the great Solomon , the matchless teacher of ...
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... Solomon of the Proverbs , when speaking about the transient worldly riches , and the folly of those who are led astray by them , says , " Blessed is the man who found wisdom . • For her merchandise is " He CHAP . I. 1-3 . 41.
... Solomon of the Proverbs , when speaking about the transient worldly riches , and the folly of those who are led astray by them , says , " Blessed is the man who found wisdom . • For her merchandise is " He CHAP . I. 1-3 . 41.
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... and horses , take and keep as many wives and their servants , than the richest and wisest monarch in the world ? " These puerile propensities , these worldly pleasures and appetites , he could soon provide CHAP . I. 1-3 . 47.
... and horses , take and keep as many wives and their servants , than the richest and wisest monarch in the world ? " These puerile propensities , these worldly pleasures and appetites , he could soon provide CHAP . I. 1-3 . 47.
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... worldly vanities became vehement and irresistible . Thus disap- pointed , he entered on an earnest examination for the reason of his failure . Conscience told him that , because he forsook God , the author and source of all good things ...
... worldly vanities became vehement and irresistible . Thus disap- pointed , he entered on an earnest examination for the reason of his failure . Conscience told him that , because he forsook God , the author and source of all good things ...
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... worldly life , he by degrees lost all fear and love of God , and the subject of his holy religion became at last totally estranged from , and extinguished in , his mind . It was in that state of moral deadness that his idolatrous wives ...
... worldly life , he by degrees lost all fear and love of God , and the subject of his holy religion became at last totally estranged from , and extinguished in , his mind . It was in that state of moral deadness that his idolatrous wives ...
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Page 162 - Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Page 249 - And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh.
Page 231 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 175 - Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Page 182 - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
Page 108 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 244 - For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him.
Page 321 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page 319 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Page 212 - God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his...