...they always have been, upon the popular feeling, they have no inward strength. Such an one is always wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. How infatuated are they, in thinking that Christ will promote them to high places in his esteem, or...

...and candid examination, and with a clear conception of the grounds on which they are formed : — " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." The process of mind which we call reason or judgment, therefore, seems to be essentially the same,...

...bed. 15 The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog...

...right * " The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom, it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth : the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." Prov. xxvi. 15, 16. t "Thepoorwillneverceaseoutoftheland, therefor'el command (hee, saying, Thou shalt...

...opinion at pleasure, and then stands to it, for no other cause than that he pleases to think so. " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." So that self-conceit, backed by sloth, is an over-match for seven good reasons. — What an argument...

...abominations in his heart ; give a portion to seven ; we shall raise seven shepherds against him ; the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason." In the Apocalypse almost every thing is digested by sevens. We have seven spirits, seven lamps, seven...

...opposite character ? Tenacity with which th« two characters hold their opinions ? Solomon's remark ? " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." The process of mind which we call reason or judgment, therefore, seems to be essentially the same,...

...candid examination, and with a clear conception of the grounds on which they are formed : — " T{ie sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." The process of mind which we call reason or judgment, -therefore, seems to be essentially the same,...

...his bed. The slothful hidethbis hand in his bosom 1 it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. [Prov. xxvi. 1s-16. Be not slothful in business. [Rom. xii. 11. [see Idleness.] sOCIAL DUTY. The end...

...abominations in his heart ; give a portion to seven ; we shall raise seven shepherds against him ; the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason." In the Apocalypse almost every thing is digested by sevens. We have seven spirits, seven lamps, seven...