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322 SERMON XXII . THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE , Ecclesiastes , i . 14 . I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit . 342 SERMON I. ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD .
322 SERMON XXII . THE DISAPPOINTMENTS AND UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE , Ecclesiastes , i . 14 . I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit . 342 SERMON I. ON THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD .
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I HAVE SEEN ALL THE WORKS THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN ; AND BEHOLD ALL IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT . THERE are some maxims of practical morality , which are so common and so familiar to every man's experience , that it seems idle ...
I HAVE SEEN ALL THE WORKS THAT ARE DONE UNDER THE SUN ; AND BEHOLD ALL IS VANITY AND VEXATION OF SPIRIT . THERE are some maxims of practical morality , which are so common and so familiar to every man's experience , that it seems idle ...
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| Title | Sermons, Volume 2 Sermons, Joseph Stevens Buckminster |
| Author | Joseph Stevens Buckminster |
| Edition | 3 |
| Published | 1829 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 20 Mar 2008 |
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