 | John Dunton - 1818 - 376 pages
...of my character) ; for Solomon says, Eccles. ii. 24, " There is nothing better for a man tlian thai he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." But though I pity the man, Eccles. vi. 2,- " to whom God hath given riches, and not the power... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 pages
...it is spoken, want its admirers : it will have the applause of numbers, whose opinion it is, that " there is nothing better for a man, than that he " should eat, and drink, and enjoy himself, al the " days of his life, which God giveth him under the " sun." 19. He shall go to... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pages
...his travail £rief ; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. 24 IT There ii t; every one thm he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of... | |
 | Owen Felltham - 1820 - 546 pages
...them, his failing being rather in his age, than it. And in the 24th verse of the same chapter, he says, There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour; and this he saw, that it was from the hand of God. Chap. iii. 22. He perceives that there is... | |
 | Owen Felltham - 1820 - 552 pages
...them, his failing being rather in his age, than it. And in the 24th verse of the same chapter, he says, There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour; and this he saw, that it was from the hand of God. Chap. iii. 22. He perceives that there is... | |
 | 1821 - 494 pages
...accumulating riches at the expense of the lawful comforts of life. Hence he says, " There is nothing better than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." And to enforce upon the reader's mind an humble submission to the Divine Providence in all... | |
 | 1821 - 694 pages
...appreciate ¡I as the means of present good. " There is nothing better for a man than that he shuuld eat and drink and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour." " Every creature of (rod is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving."... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 598 pages
...the sense of their drunken principles d. Something towards this signification is that of Solomon, " There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour; for that is his portion; for who shall bring him to see that, which shall be after him' s"... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...punishments to be inflicted not only in time, but in eternity jFrom Scripture. SECTION I. Eccles. ii. 24. There is nothing better for a man, than that he should...drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good, in bis labour. This also I saw, that it wat from the hand of God. Eccles. iii. 12. I know that there is... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...van der Palm, Syriac, Walther, (Ellips. Heb. p. 142, ed. Schulz,) and some in Poli Synop., namely, " there is nothing better for a man than that he should eat," &c.; or, " there is nothing good for a man except to eat," &c. ; but this produces a sense contrary... | |
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There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. 
