 | 1611 - 360 pages
...for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. CAST thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it...thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 pages
...bringing his sheaves with him," Psa. cxxvi. 5, 6. " Cast thy bread upon the waters : for thou shall find it after many days. Give a. portion to seven,...thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth," Eccl. xi. 1, 2. "In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest... | |
 | Thomas Williams - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...is near2.' ' A wise son rejoiceth his father ; ' But a foolish son is the grief of his mother3.' ' Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; • For...thou knowest not what evil .shall be upon the ' earth V These instances, borrowed from Bishop LOWTH, exhibit the three kinds of parallels, which he calls... | |
 | English literature - 1812 - 1020 pages
...when you shall be gathered to your fathers. " Cast thy bread upon the waters,7' says Sqjomon, " for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight : for thou knowcst not what evil shall be upon the earth." The vicissitudes of human affairs render such precepts... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1805 - 396 pages
...will forbear; whether Providence give it a greater or less degree of success. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they shall be both alike good." If any great change... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...youth arc to be thought on. pAST thy bread upon the waters : for thou shalt find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth : and if the tree fall tow aid... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...to rely principally upon God, and not upon our own exertions. " In the morning, therefore, sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand : for thou knowest not which will prosper, whether this or that; or whether they shall be both alike good." Matthew xxi. 33.... | |
 | David Tappan - Sermons - 1807 - 406 pages
...exhortations and reproofs, hoping and praying for a divine blessing to attend them. " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; " for thou knowest not but this good seed may at length take root, and spring up into a plentiful harvest. Finally, some neglect... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...youth, are to be thought mi. CAST thy bread upon the waters : for tliou shall find it after many days. 2 for u possession. * 20 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themteivex upon the earth : and if ' the tree fall toward... | |
 | John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...opportunities to speak a word for God to them. "A word in season, how good is it." " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand ; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, this or that." Duty is ours ; and if our minds are kept in a ptoper state, as... | |
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Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. 
