 | Jonathan Birch - 1800 - 122 страница
...glory perish with herself, and let us be conversant with more eternal things. ECCL., chap. 1, v. 2, 14. Vanity of vanities ; saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 страница
...name shall be perpetual. On the vanity anil insufficiency of all worldly possessions. Ecclesiastes. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 страница
..."our expectations an herring-fishery*." But these, after all, are but new words to the old tune, " Vanity of " vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is " vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which " he taketh under the sun ?" — to which may be answered... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 страница
...very apparent. CHAP. I. 1 r I MIE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Je2 Л- rusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; vanity of vanities, all [is] vanity, that i», all that relates only to thin life. This is the text of his sermon, and the issue of his... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 страница
...since it is both fickle in the continuance, and unsatisfying in the nature and worth thereof. I. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. I. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? So far is all the labour... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 страница
...most obliged Servant, EZEK. HOPKINS. Oxon,Feb. 1, 1663. THE VANITY OF THE WORLD. ECCLESIASTES I. 2. Vanity of Vanities, saith the Preacher, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity. 1 HE Preacher here mentioned, is no less a person than Solomon : and this whole book is no other than... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - 1811 - 550 страница
...experiment ; and this is his verdict upon all earthly enjoyments, after the most impartial trial, " Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity and vexation of spirit." On thr other hand, the soul may possess some degree of happiness, under all... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 страница
...most courageous in his profession as well as preaching, Acts i. 15; ii. 14; iii. 12; iv. 8; v. 29. 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. The object of the wise man is to direct us in the right way to true happiness. This he does, first,... | |
 | Gardiner Spring - 1813 - 244 страница
...field, Compared with durable riches and righteousness, its highest enjoyments are trifles, light as air. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. As the spirit of the world is not the spirit of God's people, so the men of the world are not their... | |
 | 1816 - 596 страница
...me by the théologie»! tutor at the Unitarian academy in this city. The text is Eccles. i. 2, — ' Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; — all is vanity.' After having explained the passage, Dr. C. proceeds. Speaking of the soul, he says, ' Its own faculties... | |
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 
