...refine and elevate the foul, but never to wafte and confume the body. 'Tis a precept of fcripture ; Eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. If we muft do nothing but pray ; what room would there be for reading the fcriptures, for meditation,...

...would I venture to addrefs You, in the elegant and chearing Language of the royal PREACHER; Go thy Way, eat thy Bread with Joy, and drink thy Wine with a merry Heart; for GOD now accepteth § both thy Perfon, and thy Performances. But, * z Cor. viii. 12. •{•...

...neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the fun. 7 fl Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart:, for God now accepteth thy works. . ;,.;,. -;_ .- / ;_ ,. 8 Let thy garments be always whjfej.and...

...down ? when I can but be fo happy to keep in with him ; I will fay to myfelf, (as Ecclef. ix. 8.) " Eat thy bread with joy, and " drink thy wine with a merry heart, for now God " accepts thy works." And when the Spirit's oil of gladnefs is poured into my foul,...

...thee, which may make them fweet to thy tafte: That word inEccl. ix. 7. belongs to thee, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works." Every morfel of bread thou eateft comes from thy Father's...

...goods of life and be happy all his days. Such among others are the words which follow. " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works. Let thy garments be always white, and let thy head lack no...

...for a man, in the days of his life which God givetli him under the <un. Go thy way then, (fays he,) eat thy bread •with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heatt; let thy garments be always white, and let thy head lack no ointment. Live joyfully with the...

...saith the Psalmist, " Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place in all ages ;" " and I in him," by sweet manifestation, knowledge and comfort, by faith. Inestimable...thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. ".—Eccl.ix.7. These things have I written unto you, that believe on the name of the Son of...

...under the sun ; for it is his portion, and a heart to rejoice in it is the gift of God^. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart : Let thy garments be alteays white} and thine head lack no ointment^. And once more, I recommend...

...done under the sun ; no one seeks their favour, or fears their displeasure : there* 7 fore Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works : as fur as this mortal life is in question, instead of indulging...