 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 648 pàgines
...the gift of God. Eccles. ii. 24 — 26. " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should cat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw that it was from the hand of God." John i. 12, 13. "As many as received him, to them... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pàgines
...deprive themselves of present good for it. Eccles. ii. 24. " There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labours ;" and iii. 12, 13, " 1 know that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoice, and to... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 pàgines
...themselves of present good for it. Eccles. ii. 24. " There is nothing better for a man than to cat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labours ;" and iii. 12, 13, " 1 know that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoice, and to... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pàgines
...found in the writings of Solomon, and substantially under other forms. Thus he says, Eccles. ii. 24, " There is nothing better for a man than that he should...he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God." And again, Eccles. v. 18, 19, " Behold, that which... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1831 - 240 pàgines
...speaks the sense of their dpunken principles. Something towards this signification is that of Solomon, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...he. should make his soul enjoy good in his labour; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see that which shall be after him ?"* But although... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pàgines
...and eloquence, they have recited that passage in the twenty-fourth verse of the second chapter — " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his laior," as if it were designed to give loose reins to indulgence. And infidelity, as well as libertinism,... | |
 | 1831 - 676 pàgines
...which they should do grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the uighL This is also vanity. 24 If There is nothing better for a man than that he should...drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in bis labour. Tbii also I saw, that it was from Ihe hand of God. Whtt find duet it for ner. CHAP. Ill,... | |
 | 1831 - 930 pàgines
...and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 '; Then: labour. A time for all things. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 25 For who can eat,... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pàgines
...thy mouth with pood tittups, so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. Ps. cm. 4, 5. There it nothing better for a man than that he should eat and...he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also 1 saw, that it was from the hand of God : for who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pàgines
...things of this life is no where forbidden : on the contrary, " there is," as Solomon informs us, " nothing better for a man, than that he should eat...he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." Doubtless this concession must be taken with certain restrictions ; for we are not to spend all our... | |
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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. 
