 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...Thoughts of Men are Vanity. * Our Converfation, received by Tradition from our Fathers, is vain. *, And what Profit hath a Man of all his Labour which he taketh, and of the Vexation of his Heart , wherein he hath labour'd under the Sun? » He laboureth in vain,... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1757 - 332 pages
...experience of all mankind, That Riches profit not in the day of •wrath, Prov. xi. 4. What profit then hath a man of all his labour 'which he taketh under the Sun ? Ecelef. 5, 3. No more than if he had fat ftill and done nothing at all, if his labour was only for... | |
 | James Burgh - 1766 - 312 pages
...more copious on this fubjeft than So LOMON. " Vanity of vanities, faith the preacher, all " is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour, " which he taketh under the fun ? I have feen all the " works that are done under the fun, and behold, all " is vanity and vexation... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...king of Jerufalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, faith the Preacher, vanity of vanities : all- is vanity. 3 What, profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the fun ? 4 fl One generation pafieth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1804 - 342 pages
...words to the old tune, " Vanity of " vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities, all is " vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which " he taketh under the sun ?" — to which may be answered in the words of the same preacher : " Whatsoever thy " hand findeth... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to do : and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and th-ere was no profit under the sun, What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever. The sun... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...vainer than vanity itself ; utterly insufficient 3 to procure solid satisfaction and durable happiness. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? he can Jind very little true satisfaction in all his pains about earthly things ; and none at all... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...worth thereof. I. 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. I. 3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun ? So far is all the labour of man, which he takes here on earth, unable to make him truly happy, as... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...king of Jerusalem. 2 Vanity of vanities, saitli the preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is vanity. 3 the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and Min ? 4 One generation passetll away, and another generation cometh : but the earth abideth for ever.... | |
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Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? 
