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
| English poetry - 1836 - 514 pages
...We fly; oo reeling for the foot we find. • I have considered," «aye Solomon, " all the works ihtt are under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit" But who believes il, till Death tells Nut It à Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the... | |
| Hobart Caunter - Sermons - 1836 - 416 pages
...which shall be done ; and there is nothing new under the sun. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Hence the insufficiency of human means is surely an undeniable proof of the impolicy of making them... | |
| Sermons - 1819 - 588 pages
...of things that are to come with those that shall come after. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, and vexation of spirit." And the world passeth away. I shall now proceed to the improvement of this most interesting truth.... | |
| Joseph Hall - Brownists - 1837 - 582 pages
...8. vii. 25. i. 18. Lastly, not in any human thing: for I 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. Wherein Felicity is: j [-Life, 1. In approving ourselves^ CFavour, to God. From... | |
| Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 586 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. TLife, Wherein Felicity is : I 1. In approving ourselves •< f Favour, to God.... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...a precipice ; See Bossuet, Sermon sur la Resurrection. Page 67, line 8. We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; " I have considered," says Solomon,...behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." But who helieves it, till Death tells it us ? It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself.... | |
| Edward Bury - Meditation between God and man - 1838 - 192 pages
...riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them, Psa. xxxix. 6. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit, Eccl. i. 14. Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and... | |
| 1839 - 650 pages
...work which the mighty Parent had pronounced to be very good. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." And all the works that are done under the sun are done by man only, and yet God " created man in his... | |
| Joseph Stevens Buckminster - Congregational churches - 1839 - 486 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 ....... 281 OCCASIONAL DISCOURSES. On the death of Governor James Sullivan . . 897 On the death of... | |
| John Jewel - Bible - 1840 - 276 pages
...passeth away, and the lust thereof. The Wise-man saith, " I have considered all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit"." Again, " Great travail is created for all men, and an heavy yoke upon the sons of Adam, from the day... | |
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