...had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there teas power, but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better is lit than both they whjch hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is...

...that they are out of the reach of this cruelty and oppression, which the living groan under. IV. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. IV. 5 The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. IV. 6 Better is an handful with...

...hence learn to praise the dead that die in the Lord, Rev. xiv. 13. I allude to the word in Eccl. iv. 2. Wherefore I praised the dead -which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. Christ will have them where he is, that they may behold his glory ; and when he calls and takes them,...

...clause denotes the sadness of their condition, as Job calls once and again for pity, Job xix. 21. 2. Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive. I esteemed the dead more happy. " The dead which are already dead," is emphatical : our mortality makes...

...Christian may escape, by an early removal from this region of uncertainty. The preacher once said, " wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the fiving which are yet alive." It may be so now. Our departed brother is at least delivered from an emaciating...

...occasions. The first was, when appointed to preach queen Mary's funeral sermon, or oration. His text was, " Wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive," Eccles. iv. 2. In this sermon, after exhausting his powers of oratory in celebrating his saint of a...

...is some reason to doubt, whether it be the language of Solomon or the fool introduced in the book) I praised the dead which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive : yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, Eccles. iv. 2, 3. To consider things as...

...their virtues shine forth with resplendent lustre. " Wherefore I praised the dead," said Solomon, " which are already dead, more than the living which are yet alive." . There is some danger in constructing eulogies on their persons, of giving indiscriminate praise,...

...our festivity some melancholy thoughts will intrude themselves to dash our mirth. And Solomon says, " wherefore I praised the dead, which are already dead, more than the living, which are yet alive; yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is...

...had no comforter ; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. 2 Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. 3 Yea, better u he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is...