...made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin ?" 1 Again in the Book called Ecclesiastes he declares, " Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright," that is, originally, " but they have sought out many inventions."1" He also says, " There is no man...

...more acceptable to our readers, than any remarks of our own. The text is from Ecclesiastes, vii, 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man...upright ; but they have sought out many inventions. It is thus briefly and correctly explained. ' The term man occurs here in its generick sense, denoting:...

...aside, they are a" together become filthy ; there it none that doeth good, no, not one, Psal. xiv. 3. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man...upright; but they have sought out many inventions, Keel. vii. Й9. All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have turned every one to his own way ; and...

...find not; one man among a thousand have I found ; but a woman among all those hare I not found. 29 y, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see //. 35 I (G) EXPOSITION7. CHAP. VII. 'C) Importance of charnctcr , nf teriousMM, of prudence, anil of wisdom....

...CHAPTER III. Skewing how Goonah Purist sought the Means of Salvation among those called Christians. " Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright, but they have songht out many inventions." Ecclcs- vii. 29. J^S OW I saw, in my dream, that, while Goonah Purist...

...proves it : they may all be explained on the more rational principle sanctioned by Soloman, who says, Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ; but they have found out many indentions. \\ That is, they corrupted themselves, § by indulging those sensual and...

...to abhor these things. So that, according to Solomon's observation, in all ages of the world, " God made man upright, but they have sought out many inventions," Eccles. vii. 29. For the original integrity of human nature does not consist in having no temptations to vice, but in...

...not predestinate him, if innocent, to the same fate. It is more clearly expressed, Eccles. vii. 29. ' God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions,' whence the day of evil ensues as certainly, as if the wicked had been made for it Predestination, therefore,...

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...'Psalm xix. 7—11. ( 66 ) LECTURE VII. ON THE STATE OF INNOCENCE IN PARADISE. 'Ecclesiastes vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man...upright; but they have sought out many inventions. GOD undoubtedly made our first parents upright and happy". Yet so short was the continuance of primaeval...