 | 1821 - 494 pages
...accumulating riches at the expense of the lawful comforts of life. Hence he says, " There is nothing better than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." And to enforce upon the reader's mind an humble submission to the Divine Providence in all things,... | |
 | 1821 - 694 pages
...appreciate ¡I as the means of present good. " There is nothing better for a man than that he shuuld eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." " Every creature of (rod is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving."... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 602 pages
...drunken principlesd. Something towards this signification is that of Solomon, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and...that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour : for that is his portion ; for who shall bring him to see that, which shall be after him8?" But, although... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...not only in time, but in eternity jFrom Scripture. SECTION I. Eccles. ii. 24. There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good, in bis labour. This also I saw, that it wat from the hand of God. Eccles. iii. 12. I know that there is... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 pages
...This is also vanity. ğ [24] There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, arid that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour....This alsO I saw, that it was from the hand of God. King and a Father, and pursues the subject in the three following verses, in the same melancholy strain.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation ? Prov. xxvii. 20. 24. 417 eat and drink, &c. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. ' Eccles. ii. 111. 18, 19.24. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...generation ? Prov. xxvii. 20. 24. CHAP. XXXVII.] Of THIS PRESENT WORLD, &C. eat and drink, &c. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. Eccles. ii. 111. 18, 19.24. I kuow that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice and... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...Uive it." taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 Thereis nothing better for a man, (Ana nj ˘G" |~ band of God. '25 For who can eat, or \vho else [ends of life. can hasten hereunto, more than I? 26... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pages
...right to make use of what he has, so far as his own comfort may require it. There is nothing better for a man than, that he should eat, and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw that it was from the hand of God. No immoderate indulgence is here recommended;... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...man, than that he"h.iii.iğ,is, should eat and drink, and that he * should make his soul riifii I&* enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from Ğ* the hand of God. 25 For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? 26 For God giveth to a man that is... | |
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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. 
