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
| Old Humphrey - Epitaphs - 1832 - 222 pages
...plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction! Eccles. i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Psalm xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of the upright ; and their inheritance shall be for ever.... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...sorrow, for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Pt. xc. 10. 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. EC. i. 14. God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy ; but to the... | |
| Gift books - 1832 - 324 pages
...shalt meet thy darling one, never to be separated. PASSAGES. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun . and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. ECCL. 1. 17. ASK of the dreams which come to bless Life's early and unsullied hours; Which scatter... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 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... | |
| 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 - 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| Samuel Rogers - English poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...Bossuet, Sermon sur la Resurrection. Page 67, line 8. We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; " I have considered," says Solomon, " all the works...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.... | |
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