 | Joseph Baylis - Sermons, English - 1836 - 486 pages
...sect: namely, " that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast." For, " who (says the objector) knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ? Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works;... | |
 | John Crook (of Lyon's inn.) - 1836 - 114 pages
...all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?" — (Ecclesiastes iii. 18 to 21.) 81. "Let all things be done decently and in order."— (1 Corinthians... | |
 | Charles James Burton - Bible - 1836 - 328 pages
...their breath, they die, and return to their dust " — and the Preacher, " Who knoweth the spirit of a man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth f " We do not take upon us to say what would have been the ultimate condition, or manner of the change,... | |
 | Church history - 1837 - 844 pages
...creatures, such as angels and men. As was just observed, it is no easy task to point out the precise distinction between " the spirit of man that goeth...spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ¡" yet some of the more peculiar characteristics of rational creatures may in a moment be distinguished.... | |
 | John Sheppard - 1837 - 358 pages
...judgment of the intelligent reader." —IBID. p. 889. DR. WARDLAW. On Eccles. iii. 21. "'Who knoweth the spirit of man, that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ?' " My own opinion is (and it seems amongst other grounds to have some support from the passage before... | |
 | John Dayman - 1837 - 182 pages
...vanity. 20. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ? 22. Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bishops - 1837 - 600 pages
...to one place : out of the earth were they taken, and to the earth they return. III. 21. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ? And howsoever they are fully differenced by the soul or spirit, which informcth the man, whereof... | |
 | John Sheppard - Religious poetry - 1837 - 358 pages
...judgment of the intelligent reader." —IBID. p. 889. DR. WARDLAW. On Eccles. iii. 21. '"Who knoweth the spirit of man, that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ?' " My own opinion is (and it seems amongst other grounds to have some support from the passage before... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 744 pages
...appears from the book of Ecclesiastes, which speaks their sentiments. Who knoweth, says this author, the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ?\ And again: " Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, AND THE SPIBIT SHALL BKTUBN UNTO... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...is vanity. 20 All go unto one place; all arc of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21 Who knoweth ey sent and called him. And Jerobo am tliat gocth doH nward to the earth ? 22 Wherefore i perceive that there is nothing better, than that... | |
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... them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that... 
