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Ecclesiastes, a new tr. with notes by J.N. Coleman
Ecclesiastes a new tr with notes by JN Coleman Author:Solomon Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The Axgel here named is no priest nor priestly messenger coming to claim the eleemosynary offering, but God Himself, the Second Person of the eternal Trinity, th... more »e man Christ Jesus, He who is the brightness of His Father's glory and the express image of His person. The Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions render, Before God. CHAPTER V. VERSE 8 TO CHAPTER VI. VERSE 9. Oppression is a dark page in providence, calling for the exercise of faith and patience. It is some alleviation to reflect that the ruler is subject to the superior jurisdiction of his monarch, and that both monarch and ruler are not only responsible to, but under the providential control of, Him by whom kings reign and princes decree justice. Avarice chains down the heart to the things of time and sense, despoils man of the lawful enjoyments of life, expels the love of God from the soul, and verifies the Divine sentence,' If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.' Contentment of mind, resulting from fiducial reliance on God's sovereignty in the administration of human affairs, is man's highest wisdom and truest happiness. It realizes the faithfulness of Jehovah, humbles the pride of man, alleviates the sorrows of time, and devolves our cares, sorrows, and conflicts on Him who doeth all things well. 8 If thou shalt see in a country oppression of the poor, and perversion of judgment and justice, Be not dismayed concerning the matter ; For one higher than him in authority overlooketh ; And the most High Ones are supreme over them and over the eminent of the earth. 9 He, the King of the earth, is to be served above all. 10 He who loveth money will not be satisfied with money, Nor he who loveth wealth with its accumulation. This also is vanity. 11 With the increase...« less