I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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... | |
| Scotland - 1860 - 796 pages
...very different tale. Sober and chastened, they seem to say : I have seen, all tne works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh. I will seek for myself in the world of... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Richard Warner - 1824 - 506 pages
...him and loves him, is always deferred. / have considered, saith Solomon, all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation...spirit. But who believes it, till Death tells it us? It was Death, which, opening the conscience of Charles the Fifth, made him enjoin his son Philip to restore... | |
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