| Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...J-uke 2t. 34. , 42, 30,3i. abufing it : For the Fa(hion of this World paiTcth away. a Say not thou , What is the caufe that the former Days were better than thefe ? For thou doft not enquire wifely concerning this. b Let us not envy one anothet. c The Spirit that... | |
| Thomas Prince - 1744 - 440 pages
...is this Decay of Chrijlianity, that whole Books are ever now and then written to inquire into it : What is the Caufe, that the former Days were better than thefe ? And it were well, if always they did -wifely inquire concerning it. ( To be continued.] BOS TO N:... | |
| David Durell - 1772 - 326 pages
...rendered — BETTER is THE END OF A THING THAN THE BEGINNING : AND THE PATIENT &C. V. 10. Say not thou, What is the Caufe that the former Days were better than thefe ? D'aiD VH D»Jfc>Xin D'pTit? fTn HD IDNH H»N Rather — SAY NOT, WHY DOTH IT HAPPEN THAT &c. ^ \... | |
| Francis Atterbury - 1774 - 340 pages
...truth of Chriftianity. To apply, therefore, the words of Solomon to the prefent cafe; " Say not thou, what is the caufe that the former days were better than thefe ? for thou doft not enquire wifely of this thing. The laft inference, which the doctrine delivered... | |
| 1788 - 598 pages
...Be not hafty in thy fpirit to be angry ; for anger refteth in the bofona of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the caufe that the former days 'were better than thefe ? for thou doft not enquire wifely concerning this. .ii fl Wifdom is good with an inheritance: and... | |
| John Jortin - 1790 - 506 pages
...the extreme, of undervaluing and reviling their teachers and governors. Say not thou, fays Solomon, What is the caufe that the former days were better than thefe? For thon doft not inquire wifely concerning this. There is room to conjecture that Solomon fpake this... | |
| 1815 - 974 pages
...Be not halty in thy fpirit to be angry ; for anger reftetb in the bofom of fools. 10 bay not thou, What is the caufe that the former days were better than thefe f For thou dolt not inquire wifely concerning this. 11 fl Wifdom is good with an inheritance : and... | |
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