...is noknowledge or wisdom, there is neither felicity nor infelicity, but a silent rest. Eccles. xi. 3, "If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves...place where the tree falleth, there it shall be." V|p application of this scripture to a future state, is without any authority from the connexion in...

...forsake his sins, to put his trust in God, to do his own part, and to leave the event with God : " He that observeth the wind, shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds, shall not reap." (Eccles. xi. 4.) " Neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth...

...just now done, that friend spoken with, or customer waited for ; so that (»s the wise roan saith) " he that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." Eccles. xi. 4. so he that will regard what his own sloth, worldly interest, and fleshly part suggests,...

...with thy might." " Cast thy bread upon the waters." Be not discouraged at the appearance of things. " He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." " In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand ; for thou knowest not whether...

...useless, but when diffused, in acts of charity, they increase the happiness of mankind. And also, like as if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north,...the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be, an useless cumbrance to the ground, no longer supplying fruit to the hungry, and shade to the weary;...

...come, namely, ' the north.' On this system of hermeneutics, when we are told, (Ecclesiastes xi. 3,) ' If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north,...place where the tree falleth, there it shall be,' we are to understand him as indicating that if the tree fall toward the east or the west, it shall...

...eiirth." Let Us not be driven from our moorings, or sank into despair, by the storms that shake the earth. "He that observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." Let us not be too much elated when the light of friendly events beams upon us, so as to dream that...

...Maktth glad the life." ECCLESIASTES. 3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon die gD@1 0 thou knowcst not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is...

...season. For as Solomon saith, " Qui respicit ad ventos, non seminat; et qui respicit ad nubes, non metet" (he that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap) : a man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it. To conclude ; behaviour seemeth to me as a garment...

...done in other countries, in expectation of rain ; a circumstance to which Solomon seems to refer : " He that observeth the wind shall not sow, and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap." r If they never sowed in the east but when the soil was moistened with rain, they could have no reason...