So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. The Works of President Edwards ... - Page 192de Jonathan Edwards - 1809Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...money is the root of all evil." Solomon complains of this sin, of this evident token of perditkm. " So I returned, and considered all the oppressions...they had no comforter; wherefore I praised the dead more than the living," Eccl. iv. 1, 2. The oppressed here is in the same state of the oppressor; that... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...preaching has been in vain, and that his Christian's faith is vain; like people, like priest: "So I beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had...they had no comforter: wherefore I praised the dead more than the living," Eccl. iv. 1, 2. Quot. Those who have experienced very uncommon manifestations... | |
| Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...of the most regular authority, through the mutability of the affections of subjects, ver. 15, 16. 1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun : and hehold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors... | |
| William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 484 pages
...much wisdom and equity, be in the miserable condition here described? The fourth chapter begins — So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun. — Returned! from whence ? From a contemplation of the natural state of things, (spoken of in the... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 462 pages
...next instead of the king,* chap. iv. 15. Then the strong oppressed the weak. I considered all t/ie oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold,...the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforters, and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. * The sense... | |
| Abraham Booth - 1813 - 452 pages
...of Christ. A SERMON PREACHED IN LITTLE PRESCOT STREET, GOODMAN'S FIELDS, January 29, 179?. 8EIIOLD THE TEARS OF SUCH AS WERE OPPRESSED, AND THEY HAD NO COMFORTER; AND ON THE SIOE OF THEIR OPPRESSORS THERE WAS POWER; BUT THEY HAD NO COMFORTER. SOLOMON. REMEMBER, HEAVEN HAS... | |
| John Struthers - 1814 - 352 pages
...POEMS. VOL. II. A TALE. Ki I returned, and considered all the oppressions thai are done under the am : and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their tpprcssors there viospowcr, but they had no comforter. HOLF SCRIPTURES.. JL HE lovely Jeanre, once... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1872 - 634 pages
...! You sold me, oh, oh, ho ! I shall haunt you, oh, oh, ho ! The laughter told not of mirth, but of the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter. ' He that is higher than the highest regardeth. ' " WESLEYAN METHODISM. The work of chapel building... | |
| 1815 - 294 pages
...also a great oppressor. Shall he that hateth right govern ? Surely, oppression maketh a wise man' mad. I returned, and considered all the oppressions that...oppressed^ and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors there was power ; and they had no comforter. \Vherefore 1 praised rhe dead which are... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...works ; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him r CHAP. IV. oO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun : and behold the tears of .s-«i7; as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was... | |
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