 | Jonathan Birch - 1800 - Počet stránok 122
...glory perish with herself, and let us be conversant with more eternal things. ECCL., chap. 1, v. 2, 14. Vanity of vanities ; saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - Počet stránok 500
...name shall be perpetual. On the vanity anil insufficiency of all worldly possessions. Ecclesiastes. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun : and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - Počet stránok 342
..."our expectations an herring-fishery*." But these, after all, are but new words to the old tune, " Vanity of " vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is " vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which " he taketh under the sun ?" — to which may be answered... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - Počet stránok 476
...very apparent. CHAP. I. 1 r I MIE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Je2 Л- rusalem. Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher ; vanity of vanities, all [is] vanity, that i», all that relates only to thin life. This is the text of his sermon, and the issue of his... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - Počet stránok 574
...since it is both fickle in the continuance, and unsatisfying in the nature and worth thereof. I. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. I. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? So far is all the labour... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - Počet stránok 676
...most obliged Servant, EZEK. HOPKINS. Oxon,Feb. 1, 1663. THE VANITY OF THE WORLD. ECCLESIASTES I. 2. Vanity of Vanities, saith the Preacher, Vanity of Vanities, all is Vanity. 1 HE Preacher here mentioned, is no less a person than Solomon : and this whole book is no other than... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - Počet stránok 434
...most courageous in his profession as well as preaching, Acts i. 15; ii. 14; iii. 12; iv. 8; v. 29. 2. Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. The object of the wise man is to direct us in the right way to true happiness. This he does, first,... | |
 | Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - 1811 - Počet stránok 550
...experiment ; and this is his verdict upon all earthly enjoyments, after the most impartial trial, " Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher, " vanity of vanities ; all is vanity and vexation of spirit." On thr other hand, the soul may possess some degree of happiness, under all... | |
 | 1816 - Počet stránok 596
...me by the théologie»! tutor at the Unitarian academy in this city. The text is Eccles. i. 2, — ' Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities ; — all is vanity.' After having explained the passage, Dr. C. proceeds. Speaking of the soul, he says, ' Its own faculties... | |
 | 1815 - Počet stránok 614
...ECCLESIASTES; OR, THE PREACHER. CHAP. I. 1 HE words of the Preacher, the son of David, king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? 4 One generation passeth... | |
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 
