...reason for the belief that is in him, and not to leave him in the condition of Solomon's sluggard, who is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. " This complete mental culture must, no doubt, consist of many elements ; but it is certain that an...

...reason for the belief that is in him, and not to leave him in the condition of Solomon's sluggard, who is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. This complete mental culture must, no doubt, consist of many elements; but it is certain that an indispensable...

...in) '1 here is a lion without (saith he) I shall be slain in the street: who although herein he be wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason: Yet (the truth is) he, that (so much &s)follovct the idle, is destitute of understanding; he lusteth...

...in) There is a lion witltout (saith he) I shall be slain in the street : who although herein he be wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason : Yet (the truth is) he, that (so much as) follows the idle, is destitute of understanding ; he lusteth...

...— the haughty Syrian was commanded to ' go and wash in Jordan seven times ;' — Solomon saith, ' the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason,' &c. &c. The idea that the stars were angels who waited upon the god, will not appear extravagant, when...

...15 The slothful hideth his hand in Au bosom ; H It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 d he made a molten sea, ten cubits ' from the one brim to the other: it was round .17 He that passet h by, and '-'meddieth with strife belonging not to him, Js Site one that taketh...

...is the mother of conceit and presumption : therefore be diligent : as is clear in Prov. xxvi. 1 6, The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. It is the sluggard that is wise in his own estimation. Would you know the humble Christian ? He is...

...dThe slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; J| it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 y day : for his mercy endureth for ever : 9 The moon and stars to rule by night : 17 He that passeth by, and || medwitless man, or one that minds nothing but his pleasure, to treat...

...times, very thoroughly. Ps. 119. I'll, seven times a day do I praise thee ; ie many times. Fiov. 26. 16. the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason ; I. e. than many men. Italics. It has sometimes been objected to our received version that it is encumbered...

...it. He had flattered himself, perhaps, that his affairs were not desperate. He had imagined — " for the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason " * — that he could retrieve them easily when it should be worth while to set about it : and had he set about...