 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.  The British Essayists: Guardian - Page 38edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 496 pages
...wise king) by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, andlo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles .had...face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down."t In every road the ragged ensigns of poverty are displayed ; you often meet caravans of poor,... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...convince any man, of the folly .of such hopes. Ver. 31. And lo it was all grown over with thorn t, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. How could it be otherwise ? Thorns and thistle*, since the fall of man, spring up every where, to remind... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 472 pages
...starts of vicious appetites are in time destroyed by the gratification of them ; but a welUordered life of sloth receives daily strength from its continuance....wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image o£ this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and it grieveth... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 516 pages
...colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I 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. Tlien I saw and considered it well : .1 looked upon it, and re* Prov.^xiv. 23. — xiii. 4. VOL. II.... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding. And lo, it was all overgrown with thorns, and nettles had covered the face 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,... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Catechisms, English - 1823 - 144 pages
...slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labour.- 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. Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep,... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1823 - 146 pages
...the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And lo, it was all grown cvnr with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was bro'.:en down. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet... | |
 | Christian life - 1839 - 248 pages
...a slothful man, as given in the Proverbs of Solomon. " 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. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 496 pages
...and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon it, and received instruction. WHETHER the present... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...resist it, and use the means by which it must be overcome. " 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. Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon » Prov. xxl 2S. " Prov. ». 4. ° Pror, xxii. 13.... | |
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