I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 103by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jonathan Birch - Emblems - 1800 - 122 pages
...vanities ; saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. LUKE, chap. 9, v. 25. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or... | |
| David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 444 pages
...hath GOD given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure; and, behold,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...t.riat labour, and 0614 tain it by slow degrees. I have seen all the works of this kind that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit ; we know little, and that little is not of much service 15 tout. [That which is] crooked cannot be... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...Cod given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 488 pages
...vii. 25. i. 18. Lastly, not in any human thing : for / have considered all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. EC. i. 14. SECT. 6. /-Life, Wherein Felicity is : \ 1. In approving ourselves < /"Favour, to God. From... | |
| David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 408 pages
...hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot he numbered. I communed... | |
| Bible - 1815 - 286 pages
...not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is ; that I may know how frail... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 586 pages
...God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
| Thomas Balguy - Christian ethics - 1817 - 366 pages
...emptiness and vanity of all earthly things. " I have seen," says Solomon, " all the works that are done under the " sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation " of spirit *." 1 shall lay no stress on the disagreeable prospect which we may find in our own breasts ; on the... | |
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