An Attempt to Illustrate the Book of EcclesiastesF.C. and J. Rivington, 1822 - 180 pages |
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... death is better than life ; ( ch . iv . 2 ; ) that the creatures of God are vain ; ( ch . i . 2 , & c .; ) that nothing is preferable to eating , and drinking , and enjoying the pleasures of this world ; ( ch . ii . 24 , iii . 12 , 13 ...
... death is better than life ; ( ch . iv . 2 ; ) that the creatures of God are vain ; ( ch . i . 2 , & c .; ) that nothing is preferable to eating , and drinking , and enjoying the pleasures of this world ; ( ch . ii . 24 , iii . 12 , 13 ...
Page lv
... death , happens as well to the righteous as the unjust ; ( ch . ii . 16 , iii . 19 , ix . 2 ; ) that he beheld the tears of such as were oppressed , and they had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was power , but ...
... death , happens as well to the righteous as the unjust ; ( ch . ii . 16 , iii . 19 , ix . 2 ; ) that he beheld the tears of such as were oppressed , and they had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was power , but ...
Page lvi
... death , affords the surest grounds for believing that an equitable dis- tinction will be made in another stage of ex- istence . The royal philosopher himself has rea- soned in the same manner , in the Ninth Section , according to the ...
... death , affords the surest grounds for believing that an equitable dis- tinction will be made in another stage of ex- istence . The royal philosopher himself has rea- soned in the same manner , in the Ninth Section , according to the ...
Page lx
... death , it follows that , if God be just , a period will arrive when every thing will be set to rights , when the inequalities of this world will be adjusted , and men be punished or rewarded , according as they have obeyed or disobeyed ...
... death , it follows that , if God be just , a period will arrive when every thing will be set to rights , when the inequalities of this world will be adjusted , and men be punished or rewarded , according as they have obeyed or disobeyed ...
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... death . * An allegory is " a representation of one thing which is intended to excite the representation of another thing , " according to the definition of Bishop Marsh , who has treated this subject with that depth of thought and ...
... death . * An allegory is " a representation of one thing which is intended to excite the representation of another thing , " according to the definition of Bishop Marsh , who has treated this subject with that depth of thought and ...
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