Ecclesiastes 9:9

Ecclesiastes 9:9. For that is thy portion— For she is thy portion, &c. From the 7th to this verse we have the first inference. We must not reject the use of what God has given us for our portion in this world. The usefulness of earthly things would not cease with this short life, if it had not been our bounteous Maker's will that we should use them while they are within our reach. Their being given in common to the good and to the wicked, must not make us imagine that we should become less acceptable to him by using them. A due sense of God's always approving our conduct: when it is agreeable to Scripture and reason, must be a sufficient preservative against such notions.