 | Samuel Fothergill - 1808 - 230 sayfa
..." God giveth to man that is good in his fight, wifdom and knowledge, and joy — but to the finner he giveth travail; to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God." f And though he who is too unmindful of his Creator, may have erected edifices that appear to the eye... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 474 sayfa
...the possessor : United with them, it rises into a real blessing bestowed by God upon man. God givetb to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy ; but to the sinner he giveth sore travail, to gather, and to heap up, ,that he may give to him that is good before God *. * Eccles.... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 486 sayfa
...bestows it. Virtue, conjoined with prudence, may reasonably afford the prospect of good days to come. For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy*. Such a prospect therefore he may innocently indulge, if he preserve always that temperance and moderation,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 486 sayfa
...Virtue, conjoined with prudence, may reasonably afford the prospect of good days to come. For God givefh to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, -and joy*. Such a prospect therefore he may innocently indulge, if he preserve always that temperance and moderation,... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 sayfa
...contradict what he elsewhere asserts, that while God givetb sore travail to the sinner, be giveth to the man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy*. It may, it must indeed, be admitted, that unmixed and complete happiness is unknown on earth. No regulation... | |
 | William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - 1811 - 484 sayfa
...recalls his real character, and affords him an opportunity of ending the inquiry in a decent manner, For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom,...and joy : but to the sinner he •giveth travail^, fyc. Which was done with the finest address; and prevented what lie had said just before, in his personated... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 sayfa
...knowledge to use, joy to partake all outward blessings; and this is illustrated by an antithesis. — " But to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up;" ie he gives them up, or leaves them to their own greedy desires, to gather with much anxiety and tormenting... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 sayfa
...P.al, 5. 1». (f) Psa}. 147. 1 (. Prov. n. 20. (j) He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him. (6) God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy; and him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. (*.) The secret of the Lord is with them that... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 540 sayfa
...Salisbury. The bishop made choice upon this occasion of a text very apposite to his subject, namely, "For God giveth to a man, that is good in his sight, wisdom, knowledge, and joy." Eccles. xi. 26. After explaining the meaning of the words, he applies the doctrine... | |
 | 1813 - 248 sayfa
...ox," or the " dinner " of herbs," will be enjoyed with temperance, or seasoned with contentment. " For God giveth to a man that is " good in his sight, wisdom, and knovv" ledge, and joy." The Christian Religion offers that happiness which is to be derived from a... | |
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For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. 
