...thing that is of faith, whether it be a work or a thought : for thus he has taught us Eccles. ix. 7, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...no ointment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest, all the days of the life of thy vanity which he hath given thee under the Sun." — Here, having...

...perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun, y [7] Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. z [8] Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment .f . , . f No reader of taste...

...thee, nor upon any thing which thou doest. The Lord will rejoice over thee to do thee good. Thou mayest eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God now accepteth thy works. GOD'S APPROBATION OF OUR LABOURS NECESSARY TO THE HOPE OF SUCCESS. SERMON Vir. [Preached at the Annual...

...destruction of Samaria. This is the time to enter into the full force of what the Preacher says, ' Eat thy bread with joy and drink thy wine with a merry heart : for thy work is pleasing to God. Let thy garments be always white and thy head lack no oil.' "* " I perceive,"...

...perished ; neither have they any " more a portion for ever in any thing that is done " under the sun. Go thy way, eat thy bread with " joy, and drink thy...garments " be always white ; and let thy head lack no oint " ment. Live joyfully with the wife whom thou " lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity,...

...man unto 'whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose Spirit there is no guile, Ps. \\ui. l,S. Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy...with a merry heart ; for God now accepteth thy works, EC. ix. 7. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and...

...justifies, which produces joy. Then, indeed, and not till then, the wise man's advice may be thy practice, Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart, for God now accepteth both thee and thy works. Then thou mayest take comfort in thy earthly accommodations, as so many little...

...then would I venture to address you in the elegant and cheering language of the royal Preacher : ' Go thy way , eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God OOW accepteth* both thy person and thy performances.' But, if you overlook the righteousness of the...

...emotion. They are only the virtuous, who in their prosperous days hear this voice addressed to them, " Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a cheerful heart; for God now accepteth thy works." He who is the author of their prosperity, gives them...

...is their riches.' xxxi. 22, 25. ' she maketh herself coverings of tapestry — .' Eccles. ix. 8. ' let thy garments be always white, and let thy head lack no ointment.' The opposite of this is luxury. Prov. xxi. 17. ' he that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man ; he that...