...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...

...their own downfall To them belongs that admonition of the wife man, would they ferioufly liften to it; If a man live many years and rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days ofdarkncfs,for they Jhall be many : all that comet h is vanity-^. II. WE are not to expect, from our...