...proceedIcdes. xi. ings in nature, might well say, As thou knowest not the '' way (1fthe spirit, nor luno the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child ; so thou knoiccst not the works of God, who makethall. Again, 7. Got!, in his progress toward the...

...; but finding in myself nothing to be truer than what the wise Solomon tells me,{ " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones...grow in the womb of her that is with child ; even so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all things ;" I gratefully receive and rejoice in...

...in the womb: but the fact itself is as easy of belief in one case as in the other. " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones...do grow in the womb of her that is with child; even so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all." (Eccles. xi. 5.) Great is the mystery of godliness,...

...with child ; and » Philonoph. Eesay», Sect. 3. + The motto is thu : " As thou knovrcit nnt what i« the way of the Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: Even *o, them kiumest not. (he works of God, who miketh all thingi."— Ecclei. xi. 5. yet we would persuade...

...Philowph. Kssays, Sect. 3. + The motto i« thi«: « A» thou knoweit not vrh»t is the way of tbSpirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: Even »o,thoM knowe-,1 n'-i the works of God, who makelh »" things." — Eccle?. xi. 5. yet we would persuade...

...ignorant, for example, he is of the origin of his own existence, and the manner in which it is supported. " How the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child;"1 and how food contributes to the preservation of life. Knowing, therefore, so little even of...

...child ; and Philosoph. Eways, Sect. 8. + The motto a thU: " As thou knowest not what is the way of tlie Spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that ia with child: Even so, thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all ihingi.'' — Eccles. xi....

...observeth the wind shall not sow ; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. 5 As thou knowcst so tbou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening...

...Locke, as appropriate to the title-page of his Essay on the Human Understanding : — " As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones...do grow in the womb of her that is with child, even so thou knowest not the works of God, who maketh all things. Eccles. ix. 5. I The idea of the identity,...

...what consequences follow from it ? Here it becomes us not to examine, but to adore. x If we know not how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child, how shall we be able to state the nature, or explain the effects of a generation, inexpressibly more...