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 Atlantic Monthly - Page 1481914Full view - About this book
| Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...flothful j and by the vineyard of the man void of underftanding ; l And lo, it was all fc1 c 4 39* grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the ftone wall thereof was broken down. 32 Then I faw, and con.fidered it well : I looked upon it, and... | |
| Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1790 - 458 pages
...SERM. / 'went by the jield of the jlothful^ and by the vineyard of the man void of 'under/landing : And lo ! it was all grown over with thorns ; and nettles had covered the face thereof; and the Jlone wall thereof was broken down. Then If aw and conjidered it well : I looked upon it, and received... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1790 - 446 pages
...TV Jwent by the field ofthejlothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of under/landing. And ID ! it was all grown over with thorns ; and nettles had covered the face thereof; and the Jlone watt thereof was broken down. THeri I faw and con/idered it well. I looked .* . \• upon it,... | |
| 1797 - 550 pages
...went (fays Solomon) by the field of the flothful, and the vineyard of the man void of underftanding ; and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the ftone wall thereof was broken down.' To raife the image of this perfon, the fame author adds, ' The... | |
| John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Presbyterian Church - 1798 - 420 pages
...: ' I went * by the field of the flothful, and by the vine' yard of the man void of underftanding ; and lo * it was all grown over with, thorns, and nettles * had covered the , face thereof, -and the ftone* wall thereof was broken down.' . f . . 3.; Are any of you poor and reduced in your circumcircumftances,... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1798 - 492 pages
...the field ofpmv. «iv. thejlothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of un- 3°t 3'derftetftding ; and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof. 4. By our tranfgreffion and fall the necemty of induftry (together with a difficulty of obtaining good,... | |
| William Enfield, John Aikin - Sermons, English - 1798 - 488 pages
...applied : " I went by the field of the flothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of underftanding, and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof." The unqueftionable truth is, that man is made for action ; and his faculties, like metallic inftruments,... | |
| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 606 pages
...went by the field of the flothful, " and by the vineyard of the man void of underftanding ; " and Id, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles " had covered the face thereof, and the ftone-wall thereof " was broken down.M 3. Are any of you poor and reduced in your circumflances, fet... | |
| 1804 - 498 pages
...went (says Solomon) by the field of the slothful, and the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and lo ! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image of this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...with bread. 1 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...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw, and considered it well; I looked upon it, and received instruction. MORAL SENTENCES, MAXIMS,... | |
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