 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 pages
...realize that state, which would bring upon him the woe pronounced by the prophet, "Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth !" (Isa. v. 8). In order that man may be qualified... | |
 | John Thornton - 1823 - 196 pages
...Whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear," au awful voice declares, " Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth ! Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning,... | |
 | George Paxton - 1825 - 598 pages
...builds his house at the expense of another. He expels his neighbours from their possessions, that he may join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place for others to inhabit, except as dependants on his forbearance or bounty, that he may dwell alone, as the... | |
 | William Cobbett - Labor movement - 1834 - 142 pages
...their reasonable wants. In ISAIAH, 5th chap, and 8th verse, we have these words. " Woe unto them that "join house to house, and lay field to field, " till there be no place, that they may be " placed alone in the midst of the earth." In the prophet AMOS, after describing the... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Avarice - 1836 - 328 pages
...shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field till there be no place, <fec. Let hot the wise man glory in his wisdom neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not... | |
 | Seth Williston - New England theology - 1836 - 664 pages
...more than he can possibly use ? Eccl. iv. 8. It is because it gratifies his pride to be rich ; " to join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that he may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." Isa. v. 8. Humility will not make a man idle... | |
 | William Sharpe - 1836 - 408 pages
...of principle, to make provision for an age, when we know not what an hour may bring forth ; — " to join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no room" for others, when the narrow limits of the grave shall shortly furnish an ample abode for ourselves.... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 326 pages
...shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field till there be no place, &c. Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not... | |
 | James Duncan - Slavery - 1840 - 150 pages
...and robbery in doing it by violence, without the shadow of justice. Isaiah v. 8: " Woe to them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth." Micah ii. 2 : " And they covet fields and... | |
 | Home missions - 1840 - 902 pages
...Pror. 15 : 27 — Lie that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house. Is. 5 : 8 — Wo unto them that join house to house and lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth. Prov. 30 : 8 — Give me neither poverty nor... | |
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Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth... 
