...Death, and thes other from the Succeffive Vanity of Human Life. But if a Man live many yearsf (fays he) and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they jhall be many. t As much as to fay, 'tis not very likely,that a Man fhould live...

...underflood this, that they would confider their latter End ; and not put far away the evil Day ! e If a Man live many Years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the Days of DarkBefs; for they (hall be many. All that cometh is Vanity. . f We are all the Children of Light,...

...no Man ever made more lively Defcriptions of the prefent Mifchiefs of it. Jf a Man live many Tears^ and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the Days of Darknefs, for they foall be many. And then he infers his wonted Conclufion j All that cometh is Vanity,...

...us-ward ; not willing that any (hould PERISH, but that all (hould come to REPENTANCE. Etclcf.xi. 8, y. But if a Man live many Years, and REJOICE in them all; Vet let him remember the Days of DARKNESS, for they fliall be many. AUthatcomcthisVANITY. Rejoice,...

...( 391 ) SERMON XXI. Motives to remember our Mortality, [From a Sermon of Dr. SCOTT'S ] ECCL. xi. 8. If a man live many years, and rejoice in 'them all; yet let him remember the days ofdarknefs, for they JJiall be many. I SHALL not trouble you with the various renderings of thefe words...

...deceitful calm which they enjoy, the ftorm that is to overwhelm them has perhaps already begun to ferment. If a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him rememher the days of darknefs, far they jhall he many. Hence,, Hence, to a thoughtful mind, no ftudy...

...fweet, and a plcafant thing it is for the eyes to behold the fun: 8 But if a man live many year«, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darknefs j for .they fhall be many. All that cometh is vanity. 9 fl Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth,...

...poverty, old age, lofs of friends, and the other calamities which are incident to human life. Though a man live many years, and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darknefst for they Jhall be many*. The various duties to which patience, under this view, gives rife,...

...rendered him the delight of all his ac* quaintance. " But though a man live many days, and see good, yet let him remember the days of darkness, for they shall be many." " Whom the Lord loveth, he chastened) ; and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth." — Having then...

...stedfastly gazed upon it ; gilding the heavens and the earth, and gladdening the spirit of the beholder. Oh "a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun," and for the heart to remember that " the Lord God is a sun and shield : the Lord will give grace and...