 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - Страниц: 152
...bringing his sheaves with him," Psa. cxxvi. 5, 6. " Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shall find it after many days. Give a. portion to seven,...thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth," Eccl. xi. 1, 2. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1801 - Страниц: 366
...is near2.' ' A wise son rejoiceth his father ; ' But a foolish son is the grief of his mother3.' ' Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; • For...thou knowest not what evil .shall be upon the ' earth V These instances, borrowed from Bishop LOWTH, exhibit the three kinds of parallels, which he calls... | |
 | 1812 - Страниц: 1020
...when you shall be gathered to your fathers. " Cast thy bread upon the waters,7' says Sqjomon, " for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight : for thou knowcst not what evil shall be upon the earth." The vicissitudes of human affairs render such precepts... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - Страниц: 476
...; and you may expect their help and the pecu3 liar care of Providence if you have been charitable. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty [themselves,] upon the earth ; Providence intended they should do so ; and God gives us money,not to hoard up, but to do good -with... | |
 | 1807 - Страниц: 570
...youth arc to be thought on. pAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth : and if the tree fall tow aid... | |
 | 1809 - Страниц: 1150
...youth, are to be thought mi. CAST thy bread upon the waters : for tliou shall find it after many days. 2 for u possession. * 20 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themteivex upon the earth : and if ' the tree fall toward... | |
 | Edward Reynolds - 1811 - Страниц: 434
...of righteous men, Prov. xix. 17 ; 2 Cor. ix. (J —10; Deut. xv. 10; Mat. xix. 22; Ps. cxii. 9. 2. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. " Give a portion ;" an allusion to the manner of their ancient feasts and entertainments, when they... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - Страниц: 506
...of eternal life on the waters of confused multitudes, and thou shalt find it, in their confessions, after many days. " Give a portion to seven, and also to eight," the latter of which are not included in the number of perfection, and thus deliver thy soul as a faithful... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - Страниц: 366
...matter. CHAP. XI. Early Piety, CAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shah find it after many days. & Give a portion to seven, and also to eight : for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow, even so thou knowest... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - Страниц: 420
...the experience of ages, and the observation of the wisest of men, confirm the propriety of giving " a portion to seven and also to " eight, for thou knowest not what evil shall be " upon the earth ;" make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, that prepared for the vicissitudes... | |
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Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
