The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: EcclesiastesFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 |
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... sweet- ness he finds in them ; which is only to be had in things spiritual and heavenly , in fellowship with God , and tasting how gracious He is ; which is no less fresh , sweet , and new , even after many tastes of it , than it was at ...
... sweet- ness he finds in them ; which is only to be had in things spiritual and heavenly , in fellowship with God , and tasting how gracious He is ; which is no less fresh , sweet , and new , even after many tastes of it , than it was at ...
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... sweet refreshments of gardens . Let those to whom God hath afforded these delights have in their gardens , as Joseph had , a sepulchre - that is , let them in their pleasures remember their death . And as Joesph's sepulchre in his ...
... sweet refreshments of gardens . Let those to whom God hath afforded these delights have in their gardens , as Joseph had , a sepulchre - that is , let them in their pleasures remember their death . And as Joesph's sepulchre in his ...
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... sweet pleasures driveth away the passions of the mind , and by the subjection of things that are insensible obtaineth command over the senses . But though this be " the delight of the sons of men , " let the delight of the sors of God ...
... sweet pleasures driveth away the passions of the mind , and by the subjection of things that are insensible obtaineth command over the senses . But though this be " the delight of the sons of men , " let the delight of the sors of God ...
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... sweet fore- tastes of their future happiness that they cannot but skip for joy , even in the midst of the worst that men can do to them . And when His time for making His people laugh and dance cometh , the world cannot hinder it ...
... sweet fore- tastes of their future happiness that they cannot but skip for joy , even in the midst of the worst that men can do to them . And when His time for making His people laugh and dance cometh , the world cannot hinder it ...
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... sweet rewards of toil . He who folds his hands tastes not the honey of life , but consumes himself with long regrets and imaginary fears . Verse 6. We may conceive that , as in the verse before , Solomon showeth his misery in his wasted ...
... sweet rewards of toil . He who folds his hands tastes not the honey of life , but consumes himself with long regrets and imaginary fears . Verse 6. We may conceive that , as in the verse before , Solomon showeth his misery in his wasted ...
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beauty believer's Believers beloved blessed Bride Bridegroom character Christ Christian Church comfort darkness death delight DELITZSCH desire Divine duty earth earthly enjoy enjoyment eternal evil eyes faith favour fear feeling folly fool fruit GESENIUS gift give glory God's goeth Gospel grace hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly Hence holy hope human infinite Israel Jermin Jerusalem Jesus John xiv King King's knowledge labour Lebanon light living Lord Mahanaim MAIN HOMILETICS man's marriage Matt mind misery moral myrrh mystery nature ness Nisbet oppression outward painful PARAGRAPH.-Verses passion peace Pentecost pleasure possession prayer Preacher present proper RASHI reason regard riches righteous Saviour seek sense SEPTUAGINT Shenir Shulamite Shulamite's sinner solemn Solomon Song Song of Solomon sorrow soul spikenard spirit SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS sweet TARGUM thee THEODORET things thou thought tion true truth unto vanity Verse 12 vineyard VULGATE Wardlaw wealth wisdom wise words
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Page 63 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 101 - Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 107 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 105 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 35 - Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 92 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 83 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write ; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 73 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 142 - The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.