 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...under the sun, and it is common among men : a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...the sun, and 2 J_ it [is] common among men : A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God civeth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it ; lie is a mere slave to his money, mid... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...and it is common among men : 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth and honour, so that lie wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it : this ii vanity, and it is an evil disease.... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...under the sun, and it is common among men : 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, ȁ p y b x giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it : this is vanity, and it it an evil disease.... | |
 | George Whitefield, Joseph Gurney - 1809 - 334 pages
...i? a monster that walks and stalks abroad, a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, though God gives him not power to eat, this is vanity and a great disease. Was there ever a more striking... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...sun, and it ia common among men : Ver. 2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it : this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1810 - 326 pages
...an evil under the sun, and it is common among men ; a man to whom God hath given riches and wealth, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desirjih, yet God giveth him not power.lo eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it ; this is vanity, and... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...things that the heart can desire ; not only riches, but substance of all kinds, 2 Chron. i. 11, 12.—" So that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth." He is not defective in any means of comfort, nor destitute of any thing which his soul can wish : his... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...(i/) There is an evil common among men \ namely, A man to whom God giveth riches, wealth, and honour; so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desiieth) vet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it. This is vanity, and... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...with increase." " There " is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is " common among men : a man, to whom God hath " given riches, wealth, and...nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God " givethhim not power to eat thereof.'' Things so coveted have often proved MORRALLY INJURIOUS. They... | |
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There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : a man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a... 
