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
| Christian education - 1847 - 720 pages
...praises, I will ever give to thee.' KCCLKSIASTRS i. 14. — ' I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.' October 24. — Mr. Locke, abuut two months before his death, drew up a letter to a certain gentleman,... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 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... | |
| Henry Alford - Atonement - 1842 - 220 pages
...head of his book of mournful experience he places this : " I have seen all the works which are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. (For) that which is crooked cannot be made straight." 8 I find the prophets also bearing their witness... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1843 - 516 pages
...precipice. See Bossuet, Sermon sur la Rtsurrectian. Note 2, page 11, col. 2. We tly; no resting for tbe foot we find. " I have considered," says Solomon,...that are under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexauon of spirit." But who believes it, till Dcuth tells It as? It is Death alone that can suddenly... | |
| 1843 - 480 pages
...hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works which are done under the sun: and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight" — by science : " and that which is wanting cannot... | |
| 1843 - 1068 pages
...heard of his wisdom.' All his experience ended in this — ' 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 be numbered For in... | |
| James Harington Evans - 1844 - 486 pages
...can the man do that cometh after the king ?" — yet even Solomon says, " I have seen all the works under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit") — I say, if all this were nothing worth, then his conduct might be excusable ; but with all this... | |
| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1844 - 552 pages
...vanities, saiththe preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. EC. 2. 4. I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and... | |
| David Laing - 1844 - 98 pages
...in righteousness and true holiness." Eph. iv. 24. 184. 2. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." Eccl. i. 14. " Verily, every man at his best state is altogether vanity." Ps. xxxix. 5. 185. 3. " To... | |
| George Bull - Sermons, English - 1844 - 660 pages
...make straight?" To the same sense the Wise Man speaks h; " 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." « [From the manner in which King have been written... | |
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