 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.  Poems - Page 113by Samuel Rogers - 1843 - 316 pagesFull view - About this book
 | J. Coote - 1817 - 378 pages
...field, so he flourisheth. Bow. Rev. J. Arthur. Ecclei. i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Bromptm. Trevor Chapel Rev.J. Morton. Jer. xv. 9. She hath given up the ghost; her sun U gon* down... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1819 - 342 pages
...loss of his innocence, he obtained only this conclusion : " I have seen all the -works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." That this result of Solomon's experience, thus solemnly bequeathed by him to all generations, may not... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1844 - 638 pages
...burning sun, and their drink is water. MEDITATIONS FOR JULY. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." — ECCLES. i. 14. Sin has spread a curse around, Poison d all things here below ; On this base polluted... | |
 | James Inglis - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 406 pages
...heart to seek and search out by wisdom, concerning all things that are done under Heaven: I have seen all the works that are under the sun: and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit."* "And I gave my heart to know wisdom; I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit: for in much... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1829 - 370 pages
...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. THERE are some maxims of practical morality, •which are so common and so familiar to every man's... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Sermons, English - 1821 - 448 pages
...religion. ,x - * SERMON XIL ECCLEStASTES, CHAP. I. VERSE 14. 1 have seen all the works thai arr. dine under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end in vexation, is a position... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 334 pages
...loss of his innocence, he obtained only this conclusion : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." That this result of Solomon's experience, thus solemnly bequeathed by him to all generations, may not... | |
 | 1822 - 550 pages
...declared, that all earthly things are only vanity. ." I have seen," says he, " all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." To the same effect are the recorded opinions of the New Testament saints. St. Paul, who was " caught... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 508 pages
...evermore. Amen. DISCOURSE LXIX. VANITY OF VANITIES. ECCLES. i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit. THIS, if I mistake not, is the severest reflection that ever was made on the world. Whatsoever keen... | |
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