 | 1809 - 420 pages
...5, 1810. [VoL. I. WHAT IS GOOD FOR MAN > " Far -wko kno-aeth -what it good for man in thw life, att the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shado-w ?" WE listened to an excellent sermon delivered on this text last sunday, and our subsequent reflections... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 706 pages
...a striking illustration of the truth of the sentiment expressed by Solomon, Eccl. vi. 12. " For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the...of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow?" We are but ill judges of our own happiness. We often desire, with great earnestness, objects, which,... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 708 pages
...a striking illustration ef the truth of the sentiment expressed by Solomon, Eccl. vi. 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 r" We are but ill judges of cur own happiness. We often desire, with great earnestness, objects, which,... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - Bible - 1811 - 434 pages
...man the better, as to real contentment and solid happiness, for any or for all of them ? 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 ? " For who knoweth what is good for man... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...his knowledge—but there is nothing that should make him more humble. For what can h« know ? " 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 af" ter him under the sun ?" Can lie distinguish between appearances,... | |
 | Robert Hall - Baptists - 1814 - 312 pages
...things we are seeking, may conduce neither to the glory of God, nor to our ultimate benefit; "for who knoweth what is good for man in this life all the days of his vain life ?" But when we present our requests for a larger measure of his grace, we labour under no such uncertainty,... | |
 | William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...a king ; and says God, " I gave them a king in mine anger, and took " him away in my wrath.'' " Who knoweth what " is good for man in this life ; all the days of his vain *e life which he spendeth as a fhadow ?" Connections paflionately sought may prove " scourges in your... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...mightier than he. 11 Seeing there be many things 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 ? CHAP. VII. A Good name is better than... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 442 pages
...our destiny ? Let us fortify this temper, by recalling this reflection of the wise man ; who knoiccth what is good for man in this life ; all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ? To enjoy long life, and see many days, is the universal wish ; and, as the wish is prompted by nature,... | |
 | Robert Hall - Christianity - 1815 - 260 pages
...mercies have commonly come in disguise ; therefore who can by present appearances know what is good for a man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? Eccles. \i. 12. However it is evident from an impartial survey of Jehovah's conduct, that the methods... | |
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For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? 
