| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pàgines
...endeavours succeed not, yet another may ; and thou knowest not which of them may speed the best. XI. 7 Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : Indeed life is sweet, and light gives cheerfulness unto our life ; it is a comfortable thing to enjoy... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 pàgines
...than the sun, as heaven is above earth, immortality above corruption. And, if wise Solomon could say, Truly the light is sweet ; and a pleasant thing it is, for the eyes to see the sun ; Eccl. xi. 7 : how infinitely delectable is it, in thy light to see such light, as may... | |
| Christoph Christian Sturm - 1808 - 300 pàgines
...which exists contributes to their support ! Wf. at is more cheering than light! Truly, the light i' sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. Its rays fill the whole concave of heaven, and throughout the day the eye is surrounded on all sides... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pàgines
...of those, that are in God ! they are still in Light. Truly the light is sweet, saith wise Solomon ; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : as, on the contrary, it is a woeful and disconsolate estate to live in any sin. This is no other,... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 626 pàgines
...of those, that are in God ! they are still in Light. Truly the light is sweet, saith wise Solomon; and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: 'as, on the contrary, it is a woeful and disconsolate estate to live in any sin. This is no other,... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1809 - 452 pàgines
...harbinger of greater, and nobler joys. FOR THE BLIN D. SERMON VIII. ECCLESIASTES XI. VERSE VII. • "• Truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant , thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. . t . t IF any man were to require, at my hands, a proof of the authenticity of that gospel by the... | |
| Sydney Smith - 1809 - 456 pàgines
...and dominion,; FOR THE BLIND. :«i••* , i:'• .: .• ,T SERMON VIII. ECCLESIASTES XL VERSE VII. Truly, the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun, • IF any man were to require, at my hands, a proof of the authenticity of that gospel by the principles... | |
| 1809 - 1150 pàgines
...knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. 7 d it : because that in it tie had rested from all his work which God create we sun : 8 But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of... | |
| William Jones - 1810 - 502 pàgines
...objects, and examine them. We see and admire the light of the day; and we may say with the wise man, " truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun." But this is the light of the eye : it is not the light of the mind : Christ is that light ; and therefore... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 pàgines
...shall be in their foreheads." 7. Here we need the vicissitudes of day and night for labor and rest. The light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. The night, though favorable to repose, is, however, a gloomy season. The gloom we endeavor to dispel... | |
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