But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. Sermons, - Page 95by Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808Full view - About this book
| William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...unto him!" " Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all...remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. All that cometh ia vanity." Secondly. God withdraws our comforts as well as gives them. " / will return... | |
| 1831 - 676 pages
...good. 7 Truly the light if sweet, and a pleasant thing it u for the cyett to behold iltesun : H But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all...yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they Khali be many. All that coinuth iff vanity. !l II Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart... | |
| Religion - 1853 - 1142 pages
...it dwells, are called to suffer. " Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks to fly upward." " Though a man live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they are many. Numerous are the severe and humbling diseases to which flesh is liable, and many are preyed... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1832 - 592 pages
...and from the evil omen of adversity it will be impossible for them to escape, more than ourselves. " If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all...remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many." III. Here we learn the propriety of not looking for happiness on earth. " This is not our rest : it... | |
| Jane Taylor - 1832 - 326 pages
...manner of persons ought we to be, in all holy conversation and godliness !" XI. ECCLESIASTES XI. 8. " If a man live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness, fur they shall be many." " TRULY the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold... | |
| Robert Hall - 1832 - 592 pages
...the aid of the Spirit. XXVII. REFLECTIONS ON THE INEVITABLE LOT OF HUMAN LIFE. ECCLES. xi. 8.—If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; far they shall ])e many. THERE is nothing better established by universal observation, than that... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1833 - 734 pages
...Seek the aid of the Spirit. XXVII. REFLECTIONS ON THE INEVITABLE LOT OF HUMAN LIFE. ECCLES. xi. 8. — If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let kirn remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many, THERE is nothing better established by... | |
| Robert Hall - Baptists - 1833 - 698 pages
...possible, an exemption from suffering, who, under the dictate of the Holy Spirit, penned these words, " If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all,...remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many." Let us proceed briefly to consider what improvement should be made of this view of human life, of this... | |
| Francis Bragge - Theology - 1833 - 286 pages
...mourning should sometimes be our employment. And therefore, in the llth of Ecclesiastes, ver. 8, he says, If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all;...remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. And in the verse after, Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgement. 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all:...remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh... | |
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