...under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16...

...not seen; yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Eccles. i. 14.—I have seen all the things that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit Jerem. xv. 9.—She that hath born? "seven languisheth : she hath given up the ghost, her sun is gone...

...made him and loves him, is always deferred : / have considered, saith Solomon, all the works that are under the sun, and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit ; but who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It was Death, which opening the conscience of Charles...

...; no resting for |Ъв foot we find. « I have considered,« says Solomon, * all the works that are under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.« But who believes it, till Death tells it us? It ix Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself....

...under heaven : this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of •pi rit 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered....

...let me alone. " Pearce's Memoirs are now loudly called for — I sit down almost in despair, and say, That which is crooked cannot be made straight, and that which is lacking cannot be numbered. My wife looks at me, with a tear ready to drop, and says, 'My dear, you...

...up the matter as hopeless and impossible; " all, (even the fairest and the best of human schemes,) is vanity and vexation of spirit;" " that which is...made straight, and that which is wanting cannot be numbered."* And this conclusion corresponds with the experience of mankind in every age : happiness...

...argues as an observer, when you notice the abundance of passages like the following (1 : 14) — " I have SEEN all the works that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity." (3 : 16) — " I SAW under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there, and the place...

...knowledge to its last grain, ard drained each cup of pleasure to its dregs — exclaimed, '• I iiave seen all the works that are done under the sun : and behold, all is va uiiy and vexation of spirit." " I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate,...

...37. DCCCXXVIII. THE CREATURE IS VANITY AND VEXATION. Eccl. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works which are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity...made straight; and that which is wanting, cannot be numbered. THE Book of Ecclesiastes is generally supposed to have been written by Solomon, after he...