I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 102by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. — 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 VOL. II. *L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.... | |
| George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 514 pages
...straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / 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. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts... | |
| George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 518 pages
...straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / 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. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done , I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...Sermon sur la Résurrection. Note 2, page it, col. 3. Vf By ; no resting for |Ъв foot we find. « I have considered,« says Solomon, * all the works...spirit.« But who believes it, till Death tells it us? It ix Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that they... | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred : / have considered, saith Solomon, all tlte works that are under the sun, and, behold, all is...; 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... | |
| John Hill - 1829 - 108 pages
...I sought him, but he could not be found. Eccles. i. 14.—I have seen all the things that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit Jerem. xv. 9.—She that hath born? "seven languisheth : she hath given up the ghost, her sun is gone... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...Boasuet, Sermon tur la Retumctim. Note 2, page 11, col. 2. W« tr, no mum fot the foot we find. * I hare considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are...vexation of spirit" But who believes it, till Death tells il и Т It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent... | |
| 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... | |
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