The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: EcclesiastesFunk & Wagnalls, 1892 |
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... holy soliloquies of a Christian with himself . When the Lord is provoked to withdraw His gracious presence , man can do nothing but abuse this privilege , to the blowing up of his own corruptions , and en- couraging his heart to courses ...
... holy soliloquies of a Christian with himself . When the Lord is provoked to withdraw His gracious presence , man can do nothing but abuse this privilege , to the blowing up of his own corruptions , and en- couraging his heart to courses ...
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... Holy Ghost . Labour there was in the seeking of it , labour in the possession of it , and yet this is the All which man seeketh of all his labour . This is the portion which the Preacher saith he had ; there being no sickness , no enemy ...
... Holy Ghost . Labour there was in the seeking of it , labour in the possession of it , and yet this is the All which man seeketh of all his labour . This is the portion which the Preacher saith he had ; there being no sickness , no enemy ...
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... holy will have mournfully to ask when his last hour draws near- " Why was I then more wise ? " For such a man , the tree of knowledge becomes the tree of life . A man is placed in a high situation , receives an expensive education at ...
... holy will have mournfully to ask when his last hour draws near- " Why was I then more wise ? " For such a man , the tree of knowledge becomes the tree of life . A man is placed in a high situation , receives an expensive education at ...
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... Holy One , and in the upshot of all things He will vindicate His own character . He will make the cause of the right and the true to triumph . 3 . The condemnation of the false and wrong . The most rebellious will be forced at last to ...
... Holy One , and in the upshot of all things He will vindicate His own character . He will make the cause of the right and the true to triumph . 3 . The condemnation of the false and wrong . The most rebellious will be forced at last to ...
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... holy love of God . All these great types of character have been here almost from the earliest dawn of history . Herods and Hamans , Athenians and Pharisees , seem to be living again in every age . IV . To all the principles of the ...
... holy love of God . All these great types of character have been here almost from the earliest dawn of history . Herods and Hamans , Athenians and Pharisees , seem to be living again in every age . IV . To all the principles of the ...
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beauty believer's Believers beloved blessed Bride Bridegroom character Christ Christian Church comfort darkness death delight DELITZSCH desire Divine duty earth earthly enjoy enjoyment eternal evil eyes faith favour fear feeling folly fool fruit GESENIUS gift give glory God's goeth Gospel grace hand happiness hath heart heaven heavenly Hence holy hope human infinite Israel Jermin Jerusalem Jesus John xiv King King's knowledge labour Lebanon light living Lord Mahanaim MAIN HOMILETICS man's marriage Matt mind misery moral myrrh mystery nature ness Nisbet oppression outward painful PARAGRAPH.-Verses passion peace Pentecost pleasure possession prayer Preacher present proper RASHI reason regard riches righteous Saviour seek sense SEPTUAGINT Shenir Shulamite Shulamite's sinner solemn Solomon Song Song of Solomon sorrow soul spikenard spirit SUGGESTIVE COMMENTS sweet TARGUM thee THEODORET things thou thought tion true truth unto vanity Verse 12 vineyard VULGATE Wardlaw wealth wisdom wise words
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Page 63 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Page 101 - Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 107 - Where is the blessedness I knew When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word ? 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! How sweet their memory still ! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
Page 105 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 35 - Lord, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Page 92 - And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
Page 83 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write ; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 73 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 142 - The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.