 | David Durell - Bible - 1772 - 326 pages
...OF HIS LlFE &C ? that IS, to take an Account of them, fo as to turn them to Profit. CHAP. VII. V. 8. Better is the End of a Thing than the Beginning thereof: and " the patient &c. " •&"] ai£3 1JTKW1O liT nHHtf ait3 ] The two laft Words ought to be thus read, ai£31 rTKWlQ... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...This alfo is vanity. 7 fl Surely oppreffion maketh a wife man mad, and a gift deftroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in fpirit is better than the proud in fpirit. 9 Be not hafty in thy fpirit to be angry ; for anger refteth in the... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1792 - 540 pages
...before them for a time ; yet it is ever the cool head that carries the point at laft. Better is the er,d of a thing, than the beginning thereof : and the patient in fpirit is better than the proud in fpirit. Be not hajly in thy fpirit to be angry ; for anger rejleth in the... | |
 | 1794 - 766 pages
...a due confederation of confequences, are here ably recommended from the words of Ecckfiattes — " Better is the end of ." a thing than the beginning...than the proud in fpirit." vii. 8. — A clear and diftinrt view of the errors of our own country in the limes of the great Rebellion, and fuch a comparifon... | |
 | Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 pages
...But he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold." August 2. '* Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." — Eccl. Tii. 8. Blessed Lord, in this season of excitement... | |
 | John Hey - Emotions - 1801 - 278 pages
...first; appearances cause danger, •when if they were born patiently, all would end well, we may add, *' Better is the end of a thing than the " beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better " than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in thy spirit " to be angry". Eccles. vii.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...man to unusual rage, and puts him upon some irregular conduct : this is a reason for fa8 tience , for Better [is] the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: [and] the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit ; if men would wait the progress of an affair, they would... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...this also is vanity. 7 ^f Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad, and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger restetli... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 562 pages
...things ; nor do we know who will be most vindicated, and honored of Godr hi the issue. Eccles. vii. 8. " Better is the end of a thing, than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit, is better than the proud in spirit." Contrary to this mutual meekness, is each party's stigmatizing... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...wise man; and bribes are enough to corrupt and destroy the heart of him that receives them. VII. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. There is much doubt and uncertainty in the beginning of... | |
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Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 
