 | 1611 - 360 pages
...thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it...remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the... | |
 | John Norris - Beatitudes - 1707 - 512 pages
...Death, and thes other from the Succeffive Vanity of Human Life. But if a Man live many yearsf (fays he) and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they jhall be many. t As much as to fay, 'tis not very likely,that a Man fhould live... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...underflood this, that they would confider their latter End ; and not put far away the evil Day ! e If a Man live many Years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the Days of DarkBefs; for they (hall be many. All that cometh is Vanity. . f We are all the Children of Light,... | |
 | William Clagett - 1720 - 554 pages
...no Man ever made more lively Defcriptions of the prefent Mifchiefs of it. Jf a Man live many Tears^ and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they foall be many. And then he infers his wonted Conclufion j All that cometh is Vanity,... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...us-ward ; not willing that any (hould PERISH, but that all (hould come to REPENTANCE. Etclcf.xi. 8, y. But if a Man live many Years, and REJOICE in them all; Vet let him remember the Days of DARKNESS, for they fliall be many. AUthatcomcthisVANITY. Rejoice,... | |
 | 1774 - 508 pages
...( 391 ) SERMON XXI. Motives to remember our Mortality, [From a Sermon of Dr. SCOTT'S ] ECCL. xi. 8. If a man live many years, and rejoice in 'them all; yet let him remember the days ofdarknefs, for they JJiall be many. I SHALL not trouble you with the various renderings of thefe words... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1784 - 298 pages
...deceitful calm which they enjoy, the ftorm that is to overwhelm them has perhaps already begun to ferment. If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him rememher the days of darknefs, far they jhall he many. Hence,, Hence, to a thoughtful mind, no ftudy... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...fweet, and a plcafant thing it is for the eyes to behold the fun: 8 But if a man live many year«, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darknefs j for .they fhall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 fl Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1790 - 458 pages
...poverty, old age, lofs of friends, and the other calamities which are incident to human life. Though a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darknefst for they Jhall be many*. The various duties to which patience, under this view, gives rife,... | |
 | Missions - 1804 - 664 pages
...rendered him the delight of all his ac* quaintance. " But though a man live many days, and see good, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many." " Whom the Lord loveth, he chastened) ; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." — Having then... | |
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Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many. 
