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... nothing to give . A system of extravagant expen- diture renders benevolence impossible , and keeps a man constantly poor towards God . SECTION III . PREVALENCE OF COVETOUSNESS . To the charge 60 FORMS OF COVETOUSNESS .
... nothing to give . A system of extravagant expen- diture renders benevolence impossible , and keeps a man constantly poor towards God . SECTION III . PREVALENCE OF COVETOUSNESS . To the charge 60 FORMS OF COVETOUSNESS .
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... limited to a few hundreds , as much as to him whose wishes aspire to hundreds of thousands . The poor man is apt to imagine that covetousness is a subject in which he has no interest - that it is a 68 PREVALENCE OF COVETOUSNESS .
... limited to a few hundreds , as much as to him whose wishes aspire to hundreds of thousands . The poor man is apt to imagine that covetousness is a subject in which he has no interest - that it is a 68 PREVALENCE OF COVETOUSNESS .
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... poor ; for if it cannot be said with confidence that poverty starves the propensity , it may certainly be affirmed that prosperity feeds it ; often , awakening it at first from its dormant state , and turning every subse- quent instance ...
... poor ; for if it cannot be said with confidence that poverty starves the propensity , it may certainly be affirmed that prosperity feeds it ; often , awakening it at first from its dormant state , and turning every subse- quent instance ...
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... poor an offence . Nor is this the worst : a false standard of morality is thus created , by which it is made of less consequence to be wise and virtuous , than to be rich . The appalling degree to which such a standard has obtained ...
... poor an offence . Nor is this the worst : a false standard of morality is thus created , by which it is made of less consequence to be wise and virtuous , than to be rich . The appalling degree to which such a standard has obtained ...
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... Poor creature ! " is an excla- mation as frequently uttered to express contempt as pity , and may indicate that the object of it unites in himself all kinds of wretchedness , and many degrees of guilt . How constantly are indi- viduals ...
... Poor creature ! " is an excla- mation as frequently uttered to express contempt as pity , and may indicate that the object of it unites in himself all kinds of wretchedness , and many degrees of guilt . How constantly are indi- viduals ...
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Page 209 - Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia ; how that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Page 94 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him ; Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor; Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool ; are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts...
Page 74 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 138 - BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Page 255 - Surely the isles shall wait for Me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the Name of the LORD thy GOD, and to the Holy One of Israel, because He hath glorified thee.
Page 225 - Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
Page 139 - Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 184 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 138 - This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
Page 140 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.