 The common wearisome pursuit of the world is described, as 'spending their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which satisfieth not ,'f wandering from object to object in quest of good.f but still mortified by incessant and repeated...  The Miracles of Our Lord - Page 7by George MacDonald - 1870 - 280 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Maynard - 1724 - 416 pages
...Clouds, and catching at Shadows : Or, to fpeak in the ifa.lv. i. Prophetical Language, They have fpent their Money for That which is not Bread, and their Labour for That which (atisfath H»b. ii. not — They have labour'd in the Fire , and '3. wearied themfelves for very Vanity.... | |
 | George Stanhope - 1732 - 574 pages
...were confidered, as it ought to be ? Men would not then (in the Prophet Ifaiah's Expreffion) fpend their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which fatisfietb not. They would not make Religion a thing by the by, and allow it lo few, fo very few, even... | |
 | Nehemiah Walter - 1755 - 550 pages
...bringing them to the enjoyment of it. — In the words obferve, i. The thing they are charged with, viz. Spending their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that tubicb fatiffieth net. By money and labour, we are to understand, that coft and pains which men are... | |
 | Isaac Penington - Society of Friends - 1761 - 698 pages
...power, the pure reft, the joy and falvation of my foul, I cannot but teftify it to thofe that lay out their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which fatisfieth not We (fome of us, at leaft) laid out as much of our money as others, who now defpifeus,... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification - 1767 - 566 pages
...the celebrated Commentator, and in Favour of the miferable Sinner. The tbirfty are thofe, who fpend their Money for that which is not Bread, and their Labour for that nuhich fatisfeth not. Which is the Cafe with unreafonable, fooliih, wicked Men. Thefe therefore are... | |
 | Ebenezer Pemberton - Abolitionists - 1771 - 46 pages
...and in every Place they meet with Vanity and Vexation. To ufe the Language of Infpiration, they fyend their Money for that which is not Bread; and their Labour for that which Jatisfieth ««/(<•). To increafe their •Unhappinefs, they often miftake a fatal Poifon for an... | |
 | John Maclaurin - Bible - 1773 - 604 pages
...contains remarkable expoftulations and rebukes, directed to people who are reprefented as fpending their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which fatisfies not ; and as very backward to hearken to God when offering to make an everlafting covenant... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Bible - 1777 - 528 pages
...can be found in it. The world's votaries, are but a pack of cheated fools : Wherefore do they fyend their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which fatisfieth not ? When the world fpeaks vou fair, believe it not ; for there are feven abominations... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 518 pages
...to you, in the name of the Lord, that counterfeit his commiffion, and deceive the people, requiring their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which doth not profit: at your doors lieth the blood of fouls, in which you have traded. O you phyficians... | |
 | William Penn - Society of Friends - 1782 - 534 pages
...to you, in the name of the Lord, that counterfeit his commiffion, and deceive the people, requiring their money for that which is not bread, and their labour for that which doth not profit : at your doers lieth the blood of fouls, in which you have traded. O you phyficians... | |
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