...nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : and God doeth it that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be Lath already been ; and God requiretli that which is past. 16 ^f And moreover, I saw under the sun...

...muft mean fome man, who has, or will be very extenfive in his preaching. Solomon fays, Eccldiafl.es iii. 15, " That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already been." If fuch a thing has been- as a preaching angel, it may be again. How came the Jews by the law ? They...

...can be put to it, nor any tiling taken from it : and God, docth it, that men should fear before him. k of five ? And he said If I find there forty and five, 1 will no destro ; and God requireth that which is past. 16 1[ And moreover I saw under the. sun the place of judgment,...

...from the ears of the people.' — It is not needful to add any reflections upon this passage, ever)' one will readily make them for himself : we are however,...Articles, which allow the book of Homilies to be sound and wholsome doctrine, I had never yet seen them, and understood not what that doctrine was. But, being...

...expected Messiah, and that their nation was shortly to be given up to awful punishments for rejecting him. "That, which hath been, is now; and that, which is to be, hath already been."* "Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which...

...overrules all events and dispensations, Job i. 21 ; 1 Sam. in. 18 ; 2 Sam. xv. 25, 26 ; Ps. xxxvii. 5, 7. 15. That which hath been, is now; and that which is to be, hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past. " That which hath been, is now ; and>that which is to be,"...

...this book, once in the text, and again in the fifteenth verse of the third chapter, where we are told, that which hath been is now, and that which is to be hath already been. However, it is certain, that these two sentences, so much alike in sound, have a very different meaning....

...be said, see this is nluinDS hath been already of old time, which was before us." (Eccl. c. iii. v. 15.) "That which hath been is now, and that which...shame be it spoken, though I had twice subscribed the article, which allows the book of Homilies to be sound and wholesome doctrine, I had never yet seen...

...can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it : and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 15 That which hath been is now ; and that which is to be hath already been ; and God requireth that which is past. 16 And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment,...

...sacred historian furnishes, in the conduct of the Jews of Thessalonica and those of Berea. Since " that which hath been is now ; and " that which is to be hath already been*," such contrasts attract our attention in the present day, and will attract the attention of generations...