An Attempt to Illustrate the Book of EcclesiastesF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 180 páginas |
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Página iv
... wisdom beyond all who were before him in Jerusalem , ( chap . i . 16 , ii . 15 , xii . 9 , ) and to have composed many Proverbs ; ( chap . xii . 9 ; ) circumstances descriptive of Solomon , and of no other personage whose name is ...
... wisdom beyond all who were before him in Jerusalem , ( chap . i . 16 , ii . 15 , xii . 9 , ) and to have composed many Proverbs ; ( chap . xii . 9 ; ) circumstances descriptive of Solomon , and of no other personage whose name is ...
Página xvi
... wisdom cannot entirely pre- vent , the king himself might lament , as well as any of his subjects , without being self - condemned . In these complaints , moreover , of oppression and injustice , the royal philosopher may have had an ...
... wisdom cannot entirely pre- vent , the king himself might lament , as well as any of his subjects , without being self - condemned . In these complaints , moreover , of oppression and injustice , the royal philosopher may have had an ...
Página xvii
... wisdom contributed so much to the glory and happiness of his people . It is usual , likewise , with the sacred writers to describe themselves by personal titles and characters , which must have been well known to their con- temporaries ...
... wisdom contributed so much to the glory and happiness of his people . It is usual , likewise , with the sacred writers to describe themselves by personal titles and characters , which must have been well known to their con- temporaries ...
Página xix
... wisdom , it is concluded , that the Ecclesiastes was written in a subsequent period . " * But , in the passage appealed to , there is , in all probability , no allusion to the successor of Solomon in the royal power ; it appears to be ...
... wisdom , it is concluded , that the Ecclesiastes was written in a subsequent period . " * But , in the passage appealed to , there is , in all probability , no allusion to the successor of Solomon in the royal power ; it appears to be ...
Página xx
... wisdom of Solomon ; as , for example , that death is better than life ; ( ch . iv . 2 ; ) that the creatures of God are vain ; ( ch . i . 2 , & c . ; ) that nothing is preferable to eating , and drinking , and enjoying the pleasures of ...
... wisdom of Solomon ; as , for example , that death is better than life ; ( ch . iv . 2 ; ) that the creatures of God are vain ; ( ch . i . 2 , & c . ; ) that nothing is preferable to eating , and drinking , and enjoying the pleasures of ...
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Página 167 - I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Página 12 - For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God.
Página 5 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Página 119 - For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Página 16 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Página lv - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Página 37 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Página lxxxviii - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Página 42 - DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.
Página lvi - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.