Ecclesiastes 6:10

Ecc. 6:10

Ecc. 6:10. "That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man." There is a certain sphere in which God hath placed man, certain limits by which his attainments in the world and the degree of his worldly happiness are circumscribed, which limits men have come to in time past, and it is a vain imagination for any to expect to exceed those limits. Whatever men attain to, still they are but men. He that made him gave him his name, 'Adam,' which implies that he is dust; and let him be never so greedy, aspiring, busy, and restless and grasping in his pursuits, and vast in his expectations, he never will be any more. Man in his first transgression was ambitious of getting above his limits, of being as a god; and this disposition is common among men: but He that is mightier than man hath set his limits, and it is in vain to contend with Him, as it follows - [Neither may he contend with Him that is mightier than he."] God will make it to be known that men are but men, Psalms 9:20.

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