...labour, and bereave my soul of good ! This is also vanity ; yea, it is a sore travail. Eccl vi. 2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wantet*1 nothing for his sou) of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof,...

...loveth silver fhall not be satisfied with silver ; nor " he that loveth abundance with increase." " There " is an evil which I have seen under the sun,...man, to whom God hath " given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wanteth ** nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God " givethhim not...

...remember the days of his life ; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. CHAP. VI. 1 HERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : 2 A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul...

...\ less and less able to afford, first conveniences, then comforts, antl then necessaries. Although he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth ; yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof. A rich miser, who lives like a beggar, is only a beggar, dreaming that he is rich. II. The Guilt of...

...of his heart. CHAP. VI. an evil which I have seen -L under the sun, and it is common among men : 2 the nations of the earth be Blessed; because thou...young men, and they rose up, and went together to Be there- . of, but a stranger eateth it : this is vanity, ' and it is an evil disease. 3 IT If a man...

...possession. "I have seen under the sun — a man "to whom God hath given riches, wealth and honor, so "that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desir"cth; yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof."T *psal. lix. 14, IS. \Prov. xxiii. 19, 20,21.....

...happiness, to have good things in possession, " A man to whom God hath given riches, and treasures, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul, of all that it desireth, but yet God giveth him not the power to eat thereof;'" (Eccles. vi. 2.) such a felicity...

...trial of him by pleasure and prosperity. SECT. XIX. — THE VANITY OF AVARICE. CHAP. VI. 1. AGAIN, there is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is com2 mon among men; NAMELY, a man to whom God, in his good providence, hath given riches, wealth, and...

...happiness, to have good things in possession, " A man to whom God hath given riches, and treasures, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul, of all that it desireth, but yet God giveth him not the power to eat thereof;'' (Eccles. vi. 2.) such a felicity...

...! ;for God is in the heavens, and thou art upon the earth ; therefore, let thy .words be •few ! " There is an evil which I have seen under the sun- and which is common among men. When <Jod hath given unto a man riches, wealth, and abundance, and when...