| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. 4 He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that... | |
| Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...many years alter, and made the most serious and deep impression. " In the morning, therefore, 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 both shall be alike good." Never think that... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...fruit to the praise and glory of God !' 2. The inclemency of the season. " He that observed! the winds shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." If the husbandman were to keep the field only in fair weather: if every shower drove him from his work... | |
| 1816 - 430 pages
...to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth." " In the<morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for...knowest not whether shall prosper either this or that." If, as we trust is the case, your good works proceed from a pure heart, and faith unfeigned ; your... | |
| Theology - 1816 - 430 pages
...his • will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth." " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for...not whether shall 'prosper either this or that."' If, as we trust is the case, your good works proceed' from a pure heart, and faith unfeigned ; your... | |
| Theology - 1816 - 436 pages
...to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth." " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand, for...knowest not whether shall: prosper either this or that." If, as we trust is the case, your good works proceed from a pure heart, and faith unfeigned ; your... | |
| William Russel - Bible - 1816 - 122 pages
...shaken by such publications as that of our author, I would recommend the following passage: — " He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." (Eccles. xi. 4.) An ingenious man might write a book to destroy not only the reading, but the tillage... | |
| Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...seven and to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil may be upon the earth. — In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. — Withhold not good from them to whom it... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 554 pages
...the present purpose are those words of the wise man in Eccles. xi. 4. l( He that observeth the winds shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." In this context the wise man is speaking of charity to the poor, and comparing it to sowing seed: and... | |
| Christian biography - 1818 - 606 pages
...encouragement, and the encouragement of his friends, from that Scripture, Eccl. xi. 4. He that observes the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. Those that are minded either to do good, or get good, must not be frightened with seeming difficulties... | |
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