 | John Norris - 1707 - 512 pages
...Death, and thes other from the Succeffive Vanity of Human Life. But if a Man live many yearsf (fays he) and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they jhall be many. t As much as to fay, 'tis not very likely,that a Man fhould live... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...underflood this, that they would confider their latter End ; and not put far away the evil Day ! e If a Man live many Years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the Days of DarkBefs; for they (hall be many. All that cometh is Vanity. . f We are all the Children of Light,... | |
 | William Clagett - 1720 - 554 pages
...no Man ever made more lively Defcriptions of the prefent Mifchiefs of it. Jf a Man live many Tears^ and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they foall be many. And then he infers his wonted Conclufion j All that cometh is Vanity,... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...us-ward ; not willing that any (hould PERISH, but that all (hould come to REPENTANCE. Etclcf.xi. 8, y. But if a Man live many Years, and REJOICE in them all; Vet let him remember the Days of DARKNESS, for they fliall be many. AUthatcomcthisVANITY. Rejoice,... | |
 | 1774 - 508 pages
...( 391 ) SERMON XXI. Motives to remember our Mortality, [From a Sermon of Dr. SCOTT'S ] ECCL. xi. 8. If a man live many years, and rejoice in 'them all; yet let him remember the days ofdarknefs, for they JJiall be many. I SHALL not trouble you with the various renderings of thefe words... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1784 - 298 pages
...deceitful calm which they enjoy, the ftorm that is to overwhelm them has perhaps already begun to ferment. If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him rememher the days of darknefs, far they jhall he many. Hence,, Hence, to a thoughtful mind, no ftudy... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...fweet, and a plcafant thing it is for the eyes to behold the fun: 8 But if a man live many year«, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darknefs j for .they fhall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 fl Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1790 - 458 pages
...poverty, old age, lofs of friends, and the other calamities which are incident to human life. Though a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darknefst for they Jhall be many*. The various duties to which patience, under this view, gives rife,... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1799 - 188 pages
...stedfastly gazed upon it ; gilding the heavens and the earth, and gladdening the spirit of the beholder. Oh "a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," and for the heart to remember that " the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord will give grace and... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1800 - 308 pages
...nor disdains to watch over them and supply their wants ? What is there more pleasant than light ? " Truly the light is " sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes " to behold the sun." Its rays fill all the immense expanse of the heavens ; and, as long as day lasts, the eye is surrounded... | |
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. 
