A paraphrase on ... Ecclesiastes. To which are added the text of the Authorized version, notes, and improvements by N. Higgins1824 |
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... the Book of Ecclesiastes , in Dr. A. Clarke's Bible . See also , the Bibliographical Dictionary , and A Concise View of the Suc- cession of Sacred Literature ; by the same Author . PREFACE . WHAT first induced me to attempt the present.
... the Book of Ecclesiastes , in Dr. A. Clarke's Bible . See also , the Bibliographical Dictionary , and A Concise View of the Suc- cession of Sacred Literature ; by the same Author . PREFACE . WHAT first induced me to attempt the present.
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... sacred volumes , well knows , that there are but three Books now extant , attributed to So- lomon , viz . The Canticles , or , Song of Songs , generally supposed to have been written by him in his youth ; the Book of Proverbs , in his ...
... sacred volumes , well knows , that there are but three Books now extant , attributed to So- lomon , viz . The Canticles , or , Song of Songs , generally supposed to have been written by him in his youth ; the Book of Proverbs , in his ...
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... sacred book , as he has done with those of the Classics , particularly his favourite Horace , we should probably have had a much finer Poem , beyond all comparison , than we have at present : for as to the reason he has given for so ...
... sacred book , as he has done with those of the Classics , particularly his favourite Horace , we should probably have had a much finer Poem , beyond all comparison , than we have at present : for as to the reason he has given for so ...
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... Sacred Writings . When , by these helps , I had made myself , as I apprehended , a tolerable master of the subject , I set about the work , which , after all , proved a far more laborious task than I at first imagined , not only from ...
... Sacred Writings . When , by these helps , I had made myself , as I apprehended , a tolerable master of the subject , I set about the work , which , after all , proved a far more laborious task than I at first imagined , not only from ...
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... sacred history , that , notwithstanding he had been twice favoured with divine illuminations in so stupendous a manner , he most shame- fully apostatized , and this almost at the close of life , when he ought to have had the most ...
... sacred history , that , notwithstanding he had been twice favoured with divine illuminations in so stupendous a manner , he most shame- fully apostatized , and this almost at the close of life , when he ought to have had the most ...
Términos y frases comunes
apostacy appears beauty Behold better blessings Book book of Ecclesiastes Book of Proverbs Chaldee charms cheerful Chyle dark death discourse divine earth Ecclesiastes ev'n ev'ry evil expression eyes folly fool form'd former ginal give glory goeth Golden Bowl grave hand happiness hath heart Heav'n Hebrew human impious Jaddua Jerusalem Jews judge King knoweth labour latter less lost man's meaning mighty mind mirth nature o'er observed original passage passions pleasures Poem pow'r Preacher precepts Prince Prudence pursuits rage reason reflection Rehoboam reign rendered righteous Royal sacred scene Scripture seems sense shew signifies Silver Cord Solomon soul sweet taste thee thine thing thought throne thyself tion toil Translation Tremellius truth vanity verse versions vice virtue virtuous Vulgate wealth Whate'er wherein whilst whole wicked wind wisdom wise woes words wretched youth
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Página 31 - A time to love, and a time to hate ; A time of war, and a time of peace.
Página 74 - There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit ; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Página 46 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Página 77 - There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity.
Página 80 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Página 46 - KEEP thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Página 36 - Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?
Página 58 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Página 106 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Página 47 - When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.