...so much, both of the devious and the defective, that he may retire with the words of the wise man, That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered! 4. He that knows most of the religious world will see the most of its faults and imperfections...

...hath God given to the sons of men to be exercised therewith. I have seen all the works that are dqne under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation...made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to a great estate, and have gotten...

...the weariness of his labours, and the loss of his innocence, he obtained only this conclusion : " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun,...behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." That this result of Solomon's experience, thus solemnly bequeathed by him to all generations, may not be...

...much goodness is to be loved, and how much human nature is meliorated by religion. SERMON XII. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun...and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." EccL. i. 14. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end in vexation,...

...much goodness is to be loved, and how much human nature is meliorated by religion. SERMON XII. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun...and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit" Ecct. i. 14. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end in vexation,...

...labour ; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun...and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit, Eccl. i. 8. 14. For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of liis heart, wherein he...

...much goodness is to be loved, and how much human nature is meliorated by religion. SERMON XII. " I have seen all the works that are done under the sun...and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit." ECcL. i. 14. THAT all human actions terminate in vanity, and all human hopes will end ir vexation,...

...join in blessing God that the day of visitation has been to you a day of salvation. . A MEDITATION. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — Eccl. i. 15. THE wise man inquires, What is that good for the sons of men , which they...

...seen all the works tint are done under the sun; and, behold, all if vanity and vexation of spirit 15 el shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. 12 numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to grei> estate, and have gotten...

...and join in blessing God that the day of visitation has been to you a day of salvation. A MEDITATION. That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is wanting cannot he numbered. — Ecc!. i. 15. THE wise man inquires, What is that good for the sons of men, which they...