...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...

...him, and loves him, is always deferred. " I 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...

...heart," says he, " to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. — I have seen all the works that are done under the...vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked VOL. II. *L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — In much wisdom...

...heart," says he, " to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven. — I have seen all the works that are done under the...vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked Vol.. II. 8 L cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. — In much wisdom...

...of excellent use to lead us to the knowledge of the Creator. (Rom. i. 19. Psal. cxi. 2) Ver. 14. / have seen all the works that are done under the Sun,...and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.'] The former words shewed the exactness of Solomon's search into natural and human things. That it was...

...: this Bore travail hath God given to the sons of men * to be ex- *^;""^lict erased therewith. 14 1 have seen all the works that are done under the sun...and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 15 P That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and P <*• »«• &• f that which is wanting...

...seen all the works lhat are done under ihe sun ; aud behold, all is vnnity aud vexation of spirit. lo t . warning cannot be numbered. 16 I communed with mine own heart, saying, bo, I am come lo great eslate,...

...HUMIL1TER ET DEVOTE DDD THE VANITY OF THE CREATURE. ECCLES. I. 14. / have seen all the works thai are dotte under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. OECTION 1. — To have a self-sufficiency in being and operation, and to be insubordinate to any further...

...have thus crooked, who can make straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works that are done under the sun...spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts us all to attend to the work of God's providence...

...have thus crooked, who can make straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works that are done under the sun...spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts us all to attend to the work of God's providence...