...or outward estate, will not be questioned. / went by the field of the slothful, says Solomon, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and...thereof; and the stone- wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep,...

...from their eyes! ' SERMON XVH. PROVERBS XXIV. 30, 31, 32. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and...face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken dotvn. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. SOLOMON was...

...deliberation, and cool thought. The other we are driven into generally through the heat of •nine, or youth, which Mr. Hobbes calls a natural drunkenness;...author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in bis bosom, and it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.' If there were no future account expected...

...as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man"1. 1 went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction". By much slothfulness,...

...work. 30 fwent by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding: 31 r a sheep, or any beast to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, 32 Then I saw, and considered il well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. 33 Yet a little...

...by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; 31 And, lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; Nettles had covered the face thereof, And the stone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I saw, I considered it well ; *» I looked, I received instruction : 33 Thou desirest a little...

...colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. / went by the jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding: and...thereof.; and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well: I looked upon it, and re* Pror. xir. 23. — xiii. 4. VOL. II. ft...

...therefore shall he beg in harvest and have nothing." " I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding— and...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." Did any of you ever behold such a farm? Never, in the hand of the diligent man; and never otherwise,...

...description in the Proverbs : " I went (saith that wise king) by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, and...face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."f In every road the ragged ensigns of poverty are displayed ; you often meet caravans of poor,...

..." went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ;" — " lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down." {Prov. xxiv. 30,31.) Weread also of nettles again, /wz.xxxiv. 13- and Zeph. ii. 9. Job, in his integrity,...