...sent, his Son, Christ Jesus. DISCOURSE XV. OF COMPLAINTS OF THE TIMES ECCLES. vii. 10. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. IN the days of Solomon, when Jerusalem was the...

...state of the case, the fact remains, that he has given a false view of men and things. " Say not thou, What is the " cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou " dost not inquire wisely concerning this." But the Writer might perhaps plead, that the...

...full confidence in each other. Any parade about such a meeting is offensive. AUGUST 17. day not thovt, what is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this. should never cease to thank God, that the advancement...

...Rev. T. Horsficld (now of Taunton) preached an excellent sermon from Ecclcs. vii. 10 : " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." After the service a party, to the number of abont...

...32. THIS will soon convince us, that there is nothing new under the sun ; and keep us from saying, " What is the cause that the former days were better than these ?" In many respects we have the advantage. In knowledge, and civilization, and liberty, and trade,...

...whose evil they felt not, or have forgotten. But hear what God saith, Eccles.vii. 10. " Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall...

...whose evil they felt not, or have for" gotten. But hear what God saith, Eccles.vii. 10. "Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? forthou dost not inquire wisely concerning this." " The thing that hath been, it is that which shall...

...Communion. Do this in remembrance of me, Luke zzii, 19 349 SERMON CVII.— On Former Times. Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these I'IT thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this, Ecclesiastes vii, 10 . 357 SERMON CVIII.— On,...

...naturalness; that is to say, from its direct and obvious likeness to the realities of life. " Say " not thou, What is the cause that the former days " were better than these?"— who has not met, in life, with such a disposition as the wise man here reproves ? Is it not a tendency...

...unfeigned admiration, with the following precautionary recommendation of the wise man: "Say not thou, what is the cause that the former days were better than these, for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this." The first English Steam-Boat. WITH A WOOD ENGRAVING....