...incidents of his life ! — Hazael, when yet a private man, detested the thoughts of cruelty. Thou shalt slay the young men with the sword, said the Prophet...good for him all the days of his vain life, which he spendetk as a shadow ? Instead of only lamenting this ignorance, let us, in the last place, consider...

...condition may produce on his moral ch racter, and his eternal interests ; how can he know what is got for him all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as shadow ? Instead of only lamenting this ignorance, let us, in the Is place, consider how it ought to...

...to ask, and the inquiry is important, who knoweth what [is] the Chief Good for man in [this] life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Who can say what will be the event...

...directly to the kingdom of heaven. " Who knows," says SOLOMON, " what is good for a man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? " That which is desired with importunity, as tending to his happiness, often proves his woe. It is,...

...the issue both temporal and spiritual felicity. Who knoweth what is good for a man in this lift, oil the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow ? When we consider the darkness of our present state, the imbecility of human nature, and the doubtful...

...not pray with importunity for any earthly good : for ' wko knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ? ' But strength to bear the loss of earthly comforts, he has promised : for that I importune ; and...

...on life. "Who knoweth," asks Solomon, in beautiful and impressive language, "what is good for a man all the days of his vain life, which he spendeth as a shadow?" We are, in fact, surrounded with darkness. We are ignorant not merely of that which is remote, and...

...thereof shall know it no more, ciii. 15, 16. For who knoweth ¡ what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? Eccl. vi. 12. The night is far spent,...

...that increase vanity, what is man the better ? 12 For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, " So Boothrnvd. . . Ver. U. 7'»«l r»/«l»it Decile— L ? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun ? (F) EXPOSITION. CHAP. VI. (F) The...

...not pray with importunity for any earthly good ; for ' who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow ?' But strength to bear the loss of earthly comforts, he has promised : for that I importune ; and...