...alas ! he will often experience, with the Wise Man, that much study is a weariness of thejlesh ; for in much wisdom, is much grief ; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrotf." It was a favourable circumstance that the congregation at Newport consisted of many persons...

...better, if it have not attained the knowledge of thee? Since, as the Preacher hath most wisely observed, In much wisdom is much grief; and he, that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow; Eccl. i. 18. Oh, then, set off my heart from affecting that knowledge, whose end is sorrow ; and fix...

...madness and folly (that is, mirth and satire) : I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.' ' And, as he adds elsewhere, " Of making many books there is, no end; and much study is a weariness...

...Besides, knowledge where it is most extensive and correct, is not happiness. It is often otherwise. " Much wisdom is much grief, and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." Your most scientific men have not always been the most virtuous, seldom the most happy. " Very miserable,"...

...heart, so that no man can fmd oat the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Verse 11. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. Chapter i. verse 18. And further by these, my Son, be admonished; of making many books there is no...

...and folly. I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit (or perhaps, feeding on the wind). For in much wisdom is much grief, And he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow." (i. 16—18.) What are we to say of the Wise Man's judgment here ? Shall we desist from the pursuits...

...that have been before me in Jerusalem." But he perceives that this also is vexation of spirit ; " For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow" (ch. i. 18). He then rushes into pleasure, indulges in wine, builds houses, plants gardens and orchards,...

...to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to...

...one. The Solomonic Preacher of Ecclasiastes finds wisdom and knowledge, leading him to reflect, "For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow" (1:18). And the Preacher finds joy, "For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and...

.... . Much study is a weariness of the flesh. Ecclesiastes 12:12 Also read Ecclesiastes 12:9-14. For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18 f The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and...