A paraphrase on ... Ecclesiastes. To which are added the text of the Authorized version, notes, and improvements by N. Higgins1824 |
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Page vi
... observed by cur- sory readers , and , at the same time , to set the whole piece in the most agreeable light I could ... observations and apothegms as might naturally tend to the proof of that great as- sertion laid down in the beginning ...
... observed by cur- sory readers , and , at the same time , to set the whole piece in the most agreeable light I could ... observations and apothegms as might naturally tend to the proof of that great as- sertion laid down in the beginning ...
Page xiii
... observations are interspers- ed , relating to the various duties of life , from the highest to the low- est station , the advantages resulting even from Poverty , the genuine с use of Riches , and extreme folly of abusing them PREFACE .
... observations are interspers- ed , relating to the various duties of life , from the highest to the low- est station , the advantages resulting even from Poverty , the genuine с use of Riches , and extreme folly of abusing them PREFACE .
Page xiv
... observed by a Commentator on this Book , with respect to these perverted passages , that the picture therein drawn by the Preacher , purely to expose vice and folly , is mistaken by such as willingly deceive themselves , for the genuine ...
... observed by a Commentator on this Book , with respect to these perverted passages , that the picture therein drawn by the Preacher , purely to expose vice and folly , is mistaken by such as willingly deceive themselves , for the genuine ...
Page xv
... a subject must naturally raise , he breaks out , all on a sudden , into such a strain of gaiety , as can scarce escape the most cursory reader's observation . From every one of these passages , particularly the last € 2 PREFACE . XV.
... a subject must naturally raise , he breaks out , all on a sudden , into such a strain of gaiety , as can scarce escape the most cursory reader's observation . From every one of these passages , particularly the last € 2 PREFACE . XV.
Page xvii
... observe two cautions , to wit , that Solomon , who tells us , that he applied his heart , not only to the search of Wisdom and Knowledge , but also of Folly and Madness , frequently speaks , not according to his own sentiments , though ...
... observe two cautions , to wit , that Solomon , who tells us , that he applied his heart , not only to the search of Wisdom and Knowledge , but also of Folly and Madness , frequently speaks , not according to his own sentiments , though ...
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Page 31 - A time to love, and a time to hate ; A time of war, and a time of peace.
Page 74 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Page 46 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Page 77 - 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.
Page 80 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 46 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 36 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Page 58 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 106 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Page 47 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.