...Scripture, it is the fool who hath said in his heart, there is no God; and the same Scripture says, The fool is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason; and, though you bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle among wheat, yet will not his folly depart from...

...a fool with a pestle in a mortar among wheat, yet will not his folly depart from, him —and afoot is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that, can render a reason. Says Jesus Christ, the only head of the church whom we acknowledge — the kingdom of God cometh not...

...itself, or from those who are under it. Fools are not sensible of their folly. Solomon says, " The fool hat they would, agreeably to Jer. xvjii. 7, 8 : " At what instant I sh Prov. xxvi. 16. The most barbarous and brutish heathens are not sensible of their own darkness ; are...

...of man affords a complete exemplification of the perfect truth of the scripture apothegm, " a fool is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." It would be interesting to enter at large into the several arguments in proof that man is not naturally...

...a fool with a pestle in a mortar among wheat, yet will not his folly depart from him —and a fool is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that, can render a reason. Says Jesus Christ, the only head of the church whom we acknowledge — the kingdom of God cometh not...

...a fool with a pestle in a mortar among wheat, yet will not his folly depart from, him —and a fool is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that, can render a reaton. Says Jesus Christ, the only head of the church whom we acknowledge — the kingdom of God cometh...

...show themselves off as the "great power of God." Novices will abound, "puffed up with pride," each wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. Young men, candidates for the sacred office, will be encouraged to try their hand at the new system,...

...imitate him, but only во as to reprove hie folly. pit, and itgrieveth him to turn it to his mouth, lo The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences. 17 As he that taketh a dog by the ears, so i» he that passeth by in anger, and meddleth...

...but he is resolved aforehand : of such an one let Solomon give the true character: Prov. xxvi. 16, " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." || That we shall leave to the judicious reader, if there be not exceeding much of both bitterness and deceit...

...his bed. 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. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; And lo,...