 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 366 pages
...matter. CHAP. XI. Early Piety, CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shah find it after many days. & Give a portion to seven, and also to eight : for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow, even so thou knowest... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...the experience of ages, and the observation of the wisest of men, confirm the propriety of giving " a portion to seven and also to " eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be " upon the earth ;" make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that prepared for the vicissitudes... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...abandon them. Reformer ! let it animate thee. " Be not weary in well doing. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening " withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not wheth" er shall prosper this or that, or whether they both shall f be alike good. . Brethren, if any... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...tell the matter. CHAP. XL v^AST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shall find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth : and if the tree fall toward... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1815 - 436 pages
...false witness breathing out lies ; And the sower of strife between brethren." PBOV. vi. 16 — 19. " Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; For thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth." EccLES, xi. 2" These two things have befallen thee ; who shall bemoau thee f Desolation and destruction,... | |
 | 1815 - 876 pages
...adversity ? It is, therefore, a maxim of prudence, ' cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shall find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also unto eight, for thou knowcst not what evil shall be upon the earth:' To these arguments, which .reason... | |
 | 1816 - 430 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. In giving a detailed account of the... | |
 | 1816 - 430 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. Tn giving a detailed account of the... | |
 | 1816 - 436 pages
...their operations with a steady course, obedient to the inspired injunction-~/n the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, or whether they shall both be alike good. In giving a detailed account of the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 pages
...pinching want. Agreeable to this is the advice that the wise man gives us, Eccles. xi. 1, 2. " Cast thy bread upon the waters; for thou shalt find it...eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon earth." Thou knowest not what calamitous circumstances thou mayest be in thyself, in this changeable... | |
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
