 | Thomas Belsham - 1826 - 508 pàgines
...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 were better...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 days were better...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... | |
 | 1827 - 1446 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Robert South - 1827 - 490 pàgines
...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... | |
 | 1828 - 924 pàgines
...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 were better...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... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1828 - 424 pàgines
...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.... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pàgines
...Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger resteth in the bosom of tools. 10 Say not thou, crease vanity, what is man the better 1 12 For who knoweth what in good for man in t'ti* life, all... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pàgines
...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 - 602 pàgines
...whose evil they felt not, or have forgotten. But hear what God saith, Eccles.vii. 10. " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better...for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done, 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. 
