 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English essays - 1734 - 382 pages
...Slothful, and the fineyardoftbe Manveid ofUaJerJIanJing, and lo! it 1*101 all grown over ivitk Thorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof, and the Stone- Wall thereof was brakeu do-wit, Toi raife the Image of this Perfon, the fame Author adds, fhe Jlofbful Matt bidtth bis... | |
 | George Berkeley - Church and state - 1752 - 280 pages
...and by the Vineyard of the Man void ef Under/landing, and lol it was all grown over with ttorns, and Nettles had covered the Face thereof \ and the Stone Wall thereof was broken down *. ,In every Road the ragged Enfigns of Poverty are difplayed ; you often meet Caravans of Poor, whole... | |
 | William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 522 pages
...desirable,] return to the Lord thy God, for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity," Hosea xiv. 1. APRIL 29. — Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. — Prov. xxiv. 32. Observation is the life of understanding. Experience is the joy of faith. Learning... | |
 | William Mason - Calendars - 1803 - 402 pages
...mount of trials is the place Or grant you blessings more divine. Where we shall see surprising grace. Then I saw and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruct ion.... Prov. xxiv. 32. •; OBSERVATION is the life of understanding. Experience is the joy... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone...well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. MORAL SENTENCES, MAXIMS, &c. Eccleiiutictu. Sweet language will multiply friends : and a fair speaking... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...and the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image of this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...1 of understanding ; these are synonimous terms ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down : toe see many people's fields and gardens in this condition, and we often see the like wit/iin doors... | |
 | James Fisher - Meditations - 1806 - 352 pages
...church, which, owing to the slothfulness of its watchmen and keepers, was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down, Prov. xxiv. 30, L 3 61., quite different it appeared from the beau* tiful order in which it was left... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 374 pages
...slothful, and the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and lo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image of this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1807 - 424 pages
...by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and fa I it was all grown over ivith thorns ; and nettles had covered the face thereof: and the stone wall thereof was broken dvu>n. 'Then I saw and considered it ivcll : I upon it.- and received instruction f . la. midst, too,... | |
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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. 
