...which our disappointed nature is seeking? where is that perfect rest of which it is inquiring? — "The depth saith, It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not in me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof." I. " The...

...xxviii. " Which cannot begotten for gold, nor shall silver be weighed for the price thereof; which cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. I proceed now to the II. Thing proposed, viz. to show what is implied in a minister of the gospel's...

...is to come, worth to the world? No arithmetic can compute them, no money can compensate them. They cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. The Church, then, should consider it her solemn duty, at once to take energetic action on two points...

...satisfaction. No, ' тип kuoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. the wonder grew, That one smalihead could carry all he Ш not with me ' (Job xxviii. Í3, 14). The vanity of the creature has been so copiously discoursed...

...of this world. " Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith,...weighed for the price thereof. It cannot be valued with gold of Ophir, with the precious ouyx, or the sapphire. The gold and crystal cannot equal it : and...

...thereto, fortune contributeth much less ; it cannot be bought at any rate : ' It cannot,' saith Job, ' be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed...of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire ;' it is the offspring of watchful observation and experience, of serious meditation and study ; of...

...the Almighty to perfection. " Where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ? The depth saith — It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not with me. Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? God understand* !h the way thereof,...

...wisdom. " Man," saith he, " knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me, and the sea saith, It is not with me. Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears"* In this bold personification...

...experience, that we run here and there, knocking at every door, and asking, Who will show us any good? " The depth saith, It is not in me ; and the sea saith, It is not in me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed as the price thereof." This priceless...

...the imagination ! — •What is said of wisdom may, with the same truth, be said of salvation — " It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it. The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it ; neither can it be gotten for jewels of fine gold."...