 | Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 sivua
...refuse to profit by age and experience. Such likewise appears to have been the judgment of Solomon. " Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." To inquire how it comes to pass that former days were wiser and better than the present, is to suppose... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 sivua
...GIVEN TO THEOLOGICAL INQUIRY. Ecclesiastes, vii, 10. Say not thou, what is the cause that thejormer days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this Page 462 SERMON I. THE TENDENCY OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION TO ENLARGE THE COMPREHENSION OF THE MIND.... | |
 | 1827 - 604 sivua
...be the true state of the case, the fact remains, that he has given a false view of men and things. " Say not thou, What is the " cause that the former...for thou " dost not inquire wisely concerning this." But the Writer might perhaps plead, that the specific design of his poem, as intended to illustrate... | |
 | Robert South - 1827 - 490 sivua
...whom he has sent, his Son, Christ Jesus. DISCOURSE XV. OF COMPLAINTS OF THE TIMES ECCLES. vii. 10. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. IN the days of Solomon, when Jerusalem was the glory of the whole earth... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 sivua
...proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. 1 1 «i Wisdom is good with an Inheritance : and by it there it profit... | |
 | 1828 - 924 sivua
...last, whcu the Rev. T. Horsficld (now of Taunton) preached an excellent sermon from Ecclcs. vii. 10 : " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." After the service a party, to the number of abont fifty persons, took tea together. The subject for... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 sivua
...proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of tools. 10 fear crease vanity, what is man the better 1 12 For who knoweth what in good for man in t'ti* life, all... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1828 - 424 sivua
...full confidence in each other. Any parade about such a meeting is offensive. AUGUST 17. day not thovt, what is the cause that the former days were better...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. should never cease to thank God, that the advancement of Christian truth has been steady and promising.... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 sivua
...32. THIS will soon convince us, that there is nothing new under the sun ; and keep us from saying, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ?" In many respects we have the advantage. In knowledge, and civilization, and liberty, and trade,... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 590 sivua
...that are past, whose evil they felt not, or have for" gotten. But hear what God saith, Eccles.vii. 10. "Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? forthou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall... | |
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Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. 
