1. Man has his appointed cycle of seasons and vicissitudes, as the sun, wind, and water ( :- ). purpose —as there is a fixed "season" in God's "purposes" (for example, He has fixed the "time" when man is "to be born," and "to die," Ecclesiastes 3:2 ), so there is a lawful "time" for man to carry out his "purposes" and inclinations. God does not condemn, but approves of, the use of earthly blessings ( Ecclesiastes 3:2- : ); it is the abuse that He condemns, the making them the chief end ( 1 Corinthians 7:31 ). The earth, without human desires, love, taste, joy, sorrow, would be a dreary waste, without water; but, on the other hand, the misplacing and excess of them, as of a flood, need control. Reason and revelation are given to control them. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"
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