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... rich . " 2 Sam . ii . 7. " The rich and the poor meet to- gether ; the LORD is the Maker of them " all . " Prov . xxii . 2 . Honour is from GOD , Health . Job x . Health . Job x . 5. Do- Pfalm xcv , 6 , 7 . meftic felicity . Pfalm ...
... rich . " 2 Sam . ii . 7. " The rich and the poor meet to- gether ; the LORD is the Maker of them " all . " Prov . xxii . 2 . Honour is from GOD , Health . Job x . Health . Job x . 5. Do- Pfalm xcv , 6 , 7 . meftic felicity . Pfalm ...
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... hastily risen from extreme indigence , to overgrown , and , I fear , guilty opulency . " He that maketh " hafte to be rich , fhall not be innocent . " Hafty Hafty gotten wealth , infnares more than pa- trimony , [ 8 ]
... hastily risen from extreme indigence , to overgrown , and , I fear , guilty opulency . " He that maketh " hafte to be rich , fhall not be innocent . " Hafty Hafty gotten wealth , infnares more than pa- trimony , [ 8 ]
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... rich , he anfwers roughly . Prov . xviii . 23. He is haughty and contentious , and cannot brook contradiction . His mental furniture fud- denly fwells to an enormous bulk . While he remained in his corner , his knowledge was scanty ...
... rich , he anfwers roughly . Prov . xviii . 23. He is haughty and contentious , and cannot brook contradiction . His mental furniture fud- denly fwells to an enormous bulk . While he remained in his corner , his knowledge was scanty ...
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... rich are furrounded with flatterers ; they fel- dom hear the truth ; their foibles are confi- dered as virtues , and frequently adopted as fuch , by thofe , whofe narrow minds , and fordid paffions , yield a ready homage to the golden ...
... rich are furrounded with flatterers ; they fel- dom hear the truth ; their foibles are confi- dered as virtues , and frequently adopted as fuch , by thofe , whofe narrow minds , and fordid paffions , yield a ready homage to the golden ...
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... rich will not fuffer " them to fleep . " The mind is incumbered , and performs the debafing task of revolving earthly things ; while others , lefs loaded with thick clay , repofe , or , remembering GOD on their beds , are satisfied as ...
... rich will not fuffer " them to fleep . " The mind is incumbered , and performs the debafing task of revolving earthly things ; while others , lefs loaded with thick clay , repofe , or , remembering GOD on their beds , are satisfied as ...
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Page 43 - Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Page 11 - And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Page 19 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Page 7 - They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Page 42 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Page 20 - For what man knowcth the things of a man, fave the fpirit of a man which is in him ? Even fo, the things, of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God.
Page 10 - O how great is thy goodnefs, which thou haft laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou haft wrought for them that truft in thee, before the fons of men ! 20 Thou fhalt hide them in the fecret of thy prefence from the pride of man : thou fhalt!
Page 43 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 12 - Oh ! the depth of the riches, both of the wifdom and knowledge of God ! How unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been hiscounfellor?