Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. The works of ... Benjamin Whichcote - Page 270by Benjamin Whichcote - 1751Full view - About this book
| 1853 - 604 pages
...ministers to his enjoyment, is properly his portion. " Behold," says Solomon, ''that which I have seen. It is good, and comely for one to eat, and to drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor that he taketh under the sun, all the days of his life which God giveth... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1855 - 400 pages
...who shall bring him to see what shall be after him." Eccl. iii. 22. " Behold that which I have seen : it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink,...the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for that is his portion." Eccl. v. 18. " Behold... | |
| Church of England - 1855 - 844 pages
...darkness, and he hatii much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. Behold that which I have seen : it it sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him : for it it his portion. Every man also to whom... | |
| John Kitto - 1856 - 750 pages
...darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18 H Behold that which I have seen : " ainst it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : sun ' 'all the days of his life, which God giveth him : for it is his portion. 19 Every man also to... | |
| 1856 - 1192 pages
...thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter 3 there U a good which it comely. seen : 3 jt is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his bibour that any * thing before God: for God u * the number ic taket.h under the sun 4 all the in heaven,... | |
| Rev. Henry Ives Bailey - 1857 - 870 pages
...the fat and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared. Keh. viii. 10. It is good and comely for one to eat and to drink,...the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him ; for it is his portion. Eccl. v. 18. — See also,... | |
| Thomas Legh Claughton (bp. of St. Albans.) - 1857 - 284 pages
...us that the enjoyment of riches is God's gift ? Scales, v. 18, 19. S. "It is good and comely for cne to eat, and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun, all the days of his life which God giveth him, for it is his portion. Every man also to whom God... | |
| 1856 - 514 pages
...asceticism, which enlightened piety is well able to discern. " It is good and comely for one to eat and drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him ; for it is his portion. " Health, food, clothing,... | |
| Thomas Griffith - 1857 - 164 pages
...in and to use with thankfulness. " It is good and comely" says the word of God, " for one to eat and drink and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life which God giveth him ; for it is his portion. Every man also to whom God... | |
| 1858 - 1014 pages
...darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. 18 H Behold that which I have seen : it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he talceth under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him : for it is his portion. 19 Every... | |
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