For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? Sermons - Page 129by Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 475 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1827 - 842 pages
...that increase vanity, what it man Ihe better 12 For who knoweth what is good for mai in this life, not dealt so with any nation : and as for his judgments, th ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? CHAP. VII. A GOOD name is better than... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 242 pages
...mixed, imperfect, probationary slate, " time and chance happen to all men," neither can a man tell "what is good for him all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow." Every temporal advantage has a corresponding infelicity- Isaac grew rich and great, but " the Philistines... | |
| William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...different these often are from the realities of things. " Who knoweth what is good for a man in this life ; all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ?" What should we have been at this hour, if things had always accorded with our mind and wishes ?... | |
| Samuel Drew - 1831 - 658 pages
...through a glass darkly, we now know but in part." " Who knowelh what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadowT' is an interrogation which ought to be frequently reiterated in our ears, from the need we... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...and of her real welfare, does she here betray ! " Who knoweth what is good for a man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ?" How little was Lot aware of the fearful consequences arising from the indulgence of his wish in... | |
| Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1832 - 330 pages
...Matt. iv. 23. Heb. ii. 15. * Eccles. i. *• s Rom. viii. 22, 23. Deut. xii. 9. s Eccles. vi. 12. life, all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ? 1 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew ; surely they are disquieted in vain. * Men of low degree... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...and of her real welfare, does she here betray ! " Who knoweth what is good for a man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ?" How little was Lot aware of the fearful consequences arising from the indulgence of his wish in... | |
| Sermons - 1833 - 652 pages
...and open in the eyes of him with whom we have to do," " who knoweth what is good for man in this lift all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow." — "In thee, O Lord, I put my trust." — " My times are in thy hand." But, my brethren, if it be... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...that increase vanity, what is man the better? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? LESSON LXXXVIII. A GOOD name is better... | |
| 1833 - 320 pages
...part of our temporal condition, to the wisdom of One who knows, and knows only, " what is good for man all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow." 203 MORNING SEVENTEENTH. LESSON. — Deuteronomy, Chapters iv. and v. MAMA. I know not, my dear Mary,... | |
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