| 1815 - 294 páginas
...also a great oppressor. Shall he that hateth right govern ? Surely, oppression maketh a wise man' mad. I returned, and considered all the oppressions that...oppressed^ and they had no comforter; and on the side of the oppressors there was power ; and they had no comforter. \Vherefore 1 praised rhe dead which are... | |
| 1815 - 614 páginas
...works ; for that is his portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him r CHAP. IV. oO I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun : and behold the tears of .s-«i7; as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was... | |
| 1833 - 1006 páginas
...affected at their continued success ; so that I can hardly refrain from exclaiming with one of old, ' I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and on the side of the oppressors there was power, but... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 480 páginas
...words of Solomon recorded in Ecclesiastes seem to be direct to our present subject. " So I turned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under...was power; but they had no comforter. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet to die." The three following... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 páginas
...preventing it. " I considered," says he, "all the op" pressions that are done under the sun ; and beheld " the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had...oppressors " there was power, but they had no comforter"." The conclusion which king Solomon drew from what he saw of this kind under the sun, must be adopted... | |
| Peter Smith - 1818 - 510 páginas
...broken, and our hearts are disconsolate; we may adopt the sentiments of the wise man, and exclaim, " when I returned and. considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and beheld the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; then I praised the dead which... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1818 - 456 páginas
...people? " I found Israel labouring, groaning, expiring in the furnace. I beheld the tears of them that were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their -op* pressors there was power, but they had no comforter. Tl;eir cry reached heaven. He who made them... | |
| George Holden - 1822 - 316 páginas
...INCREASED UNTO MEN BY OPPRESSION. CHAP. IV. 1. So I returned, and considered all the oppressions of mankind that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears...side of their oppressors [there was] power ; but they (ie the 2 oppressed) had no comforter. Wherefore, if this world and human pursuits are to be regarded... | |
| 1823 - 600 páginas
...applied to the case of »laves and servants in too many instances : • — " Behold die tears of such ts were oppressed, and they had no comforter ; and on...oppressors there was power ; but they had no comforter.", Eccl. iv. 1. VI. Good masters and mistresses act with liberality towards their servants, especially... | |
| J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 páginas
...Oppressor arm'd with pow'r ? Not one presum'd To shew ev'n pity to the sore.distress'd.* CHAPTER IV. a [1] So I returned, and considered all the oppressions...side of their oppressors there was power; but they hod no comforter.* b Struck with the deepest grief, how blest, I cry'd, Are those, who from Life's... | |
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