...reason in itself, but Eccl. iv. 6. by him witlessly applied, and telleth you, that better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. [Would you not think him the most contented soul that lives ? But there is no such matter. He is as...

...reason in itself, but Eccl. iv. 6. by him witlessly applied, and telleth you, that better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. [Would you not think him the most contented soul that lives ? But there is no such matter. He is as...

...fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith," Prov. xv. 1C. " Better is a handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit," Eccl. iv. 6. If I were to look for contentment, I should not seek it among the rich or the poor, the...

...vexation of spirit The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. Better is an handful nd crucify ; and tome of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and perse Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. There is one alone* and Oiere is not a second ; yea,...

...spirit. 5 1" 'The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth Ms own flesh. 6 IT "Better is an handful ong dwelt w 7 If Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. 8 There is one alone, and there is not a second...

...upon thyself. Seek daily strength for daily wants in Christ, and Christ alone. " Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail, and vexation of spirit." — ECCL. iv. 6. QUIETNESS ! To many a weary plodder, how sweet the thought — when he has got enough,...

...constitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body. [Ecclus. xxx. 14.] XLV. T> ETTEE is an handful with quietness, than -^ both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. [Eccles. Iv. 6.] XLVI. ALL iniquity is as a two edged sword. [Ecclus. xxi. 3.] i. TTE will swallow...

...top of (he mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon Secies. IT, 6. Better is an handful Jer. Ix, 23. Speak, thus salth the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dnng upon the open...

...sufficient nducement to make the effort. I have not yet had that inducement. ' Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit' (EccL iv. 6). ' For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight, wisdom, and knowledge, and joy :...

...oppressed, he thinks that the dead are more to be envied than the living ; and better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit (iv, 6). He adds a number of wise proverbs; such as, Be more ready to hear than to speak ; When thou...