 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 554 pages
...to sowing seed, in Eccl. xi. 6. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper,...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." By withholding the hand the wise man means, not giving to the poor, (sec ver. 1, 2.) It intimates,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...seven and to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil may be upon the earth. — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. — Withhold not good from them to whom it... | |
 | Baptists - 1817 - 486 pages
...the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thoii knowest not whither shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." The husbandman, when he committeth his seed to the ground, doth not expect an immediate harvest, "... | |
 | Methodist Church - 1825 - 512 pages
...means : and all this can be done with little expense, and no loss of time. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for...or that, or whether they both shall be alike good." Were all thus engaged, it could not be in vain. So much of the bread of life, cast upon the waters,... | |
 | William Hargrove - York (England) - 1818 - 384 pages
...saying of the wisest man — ' In the tnprning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not tlii i if hand ; for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that' To do this, hath been the most delightful employment of my whole life. In my youthful years, I sowed... | |
 | Theology - 1819 - 788 pages
...rest, till Christ be formed in their soul, the hope and the earnest of glory. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for...shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they shall both be alike good. What knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband; or how knowest... | |
 | Theology, Doctrinal - 1819 - 488 pages
...work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest5. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for...shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they shall be alike goodh. « Eccles. 1. 18. ' Prov. x. 86. ' Ezek. xvi. 49. ' Prov. x. 4, 5. ' Prov. xii.... | |
 | 1843 - 628 pages
...but he must trust as if he could do nothing. Cheering indeed is the promise, ' In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for thou knowest not which shall prosper, this or that, or whether both shall be alike good.' And now, having brought the... | |
 | Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...works of GodwW maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: lor thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they botn shall be alike good. 7 Truly the light is sweet,, and a pleasant thing itis for the eyestobeholdthcsun:... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1819 - 496 pages
...Wait on God, and do good," saith the royal psalmist, Psalm xxxvii. 3. " Sow thy seed in the morning, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not which will prosper," saith the wise son, Eccles. xi. 6. VOL. iv. K e As the moralist speaks of benefits,... | |
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In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 
