| 1611 - 360 pages
...under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and,...straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom... | |
| Jonathan Birch - Emblems - 1800 - 122 pages
...chap. 1, v. 2, 14. Vanity of vanities ; saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. LUKE, chap. 9, v. 25. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or... | |
| David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...under heaven : this sore travail hath GOD given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and,...straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom... | |
| Ely Bates - Country life - 1804 - 422 pages
...heaven, thus declares the result : / hare seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and be." hold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit : that which...straight^ and that which is wanting cannot be numbered*. And these evils have afforded topics to almost every eminent moralist, since his time, for much eloquent... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...possessions. Ecclesiastes. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure; and, behold,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...knowledge with t.riat labour, and 0614 tain it by slow degrees. I have seen all the works of this kind that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit ; we know little, and that little is not of much service 15 tout. [That which is] crooked cannot be... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...errat labour, and ob 14 tain it by slow degrees. 1 have seen all the works of this kind that are clone under the sun ; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit ; ivc know little, and that little is not of much service 15 to us. [That which is] crooked cannot... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...under heaven : this sorq travail hath Cod 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... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 488 pages
...ii. 15. vi/8. ii. 16. i. 8. 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. /-Life, Wherein Felicity is : \ 1. In approving ourselves < /"Favour, to God. From... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...such store of defects and enormities, both in nature and practice, that they cannot be numbered. I. 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. In I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. | addicted myself moreover to the... | |
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