CONTENTS
In prosecuting the same subject, the Preacher in this Chapter lays
down several very weighty observations for lessening the general and
unavoidable vanities of life. Under the similitude of a poor man, that
by wisdom saved a city, he sets forth the great blessedness of divine
knowledge.... [ Continue Reading ]
For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that
the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God:
no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. (2)
All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and
to the wicked; to the... [ Continue Reading ]
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after
that they go to the dead. (4) For to him that is joined to all the
living there is hope: fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry
heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
There is a great beauty in this verse; if explained upon gospel
principles. If a soul be accepted in Jesus, he may well eat the bread
both of body and soul, with a cheerful heart. In Jesus, e... [ Continue Reading ]
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
(9) Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the
life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the
days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy
labour which thou takest... [ Continue Reading ]
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,
nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet
riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but
time and chance happeneth to them all. (12) For man also knoweth not
his time: as the fishes... [ Continue Reading ]
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great
king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
(15) Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom
delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
I am inclined to think that... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. (17) The words
of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth
among fools. (18) Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner
destroyeth much good.
O... [ Continue Reading ]
REFLECTIONS
READER! amidst many blessed meditations, which this chapter leads to,
let us seek for grace from God the Spirit to derive improvements from
the sweet view here opened to our souls concerning the Person, worth,
wisdom, love, and salvation of the Lord Jesus.
The church of God is, indeed,... [ Continue Reading ]