...unto men by o/tfiression, 4.by envy, 5 by idleness, 7 byc'ivetx, 9 by sotiiariness, 13 by ivil/ulSO them before your eyes. 18 And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, firty oppressor there ivan poww ; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already...

...evil." 1 Tim. vi. 9, 10- ., ((, Solomon complains of this sin, of this evident token of perdition. " So I returned, and considered all the oppressions...as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; and pn the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter; wherefore I praised the...

...hence learn to praise the dead that die in the Lord, Rev. xiv. 13. I allude to the word in Eccl. iv. 2. Wherefore I praised the dead -which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. Christ will have them where he is, that they may behold his glory ; and when he calls and takes them,...

...money is the root of all evil." Solomon complains of this sin, of this evident token of perditkm. " So I returned, and considered all the oppressions...they had no comforter; wherefore I praised the dead more than the living," Eccl. iv. 1, 2. The oppressed here is in the same state of the oppressor; that...

...preaching has been in vain, and that his Christian's faith is vain; like people, like priest: "So I beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had...they had no comforter: wherefore I praised the dead more than the living," Eccl. iv. 1, 2. Quot. Those who have experienced very uncommon manifestations...

...16. 1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun : and hehold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had...oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. " So I returned, and considered," ie considered again : the verb is put for the adverb, as is usual...

...occasions. The first was, when appointed to preach queen Mary's funeral sermon, or oration. His text was, " Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive," Eccles. iv. 2. In this sermon, after exhausting his powers of oratory in celebrating his saint of a...

...next instead of the king,* chap. iv. 15. Then the strong oppressed the weak. I considered all t/ie oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold,...the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforters, and on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter. * The sense...

...POEMS. VOL. II. A TALE. Ki I returned, and considered all the oppressions thai are done under the am : and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their tpprcssors there viospowcr, but they had no comforter. HOLF SCRIPTURES.. JL HE lovely Jeanre, once...

...also a great oppressor. Shall he that hateth right govern ? Surely, oppression maketh a wise man' mad. I returned, and considered all the oppressions that...oppressed^ and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors there was power ; and they had no comforter. \Vherefore 1 praised rhe dead which are...