| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...ruxfrum her and join vatA birds of their own kind, or are frequently and easily destroyed ; f_soj be that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, when he thinks them secure, anil promise» himself/ifeasure in them, and at his end shall be a fool,... | |
| John Bunyan - 1808 - 282 pages
...fools of the world ; therefore let not Christians put them among those that are wise for heaven : " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." And the man under consideration is one of these, and therefore must look to fall by this judgment.... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...saith the Wise Man, Prov. xxi. 7. The robbeiy of the wicked shall destroy them: and, Jer. xvii. 11. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not;...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Many times God raiseth up such against them, who shall deal with them as they have dealt with others;... | |
| Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...consume it, •with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. Jer. xvii. 11, As the patiidge sitleth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. James v. 1,3, Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you : ye... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...truth, law, justice, and equity; and would reduce a family to poverty for a little ill-gotten wealth. " He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." If your conscience be clear of these things, you needed not have brought them forth; and, if guilty,... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...her eggs, but fails to hatch them, for " so (he adds) is he that getteth riches, but not by right; he shall leave them in the midst of his days, and, at his end, shall be a fool." Little does it matter whether a man prove in the end a " fool" by the misapplication of life; or whether,... | |
| Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. He that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning ; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. The... | |
| John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...fools of the world; therefore let not Christians put them among those that are wise for heaven: " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not,...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." And the man under consideration is one of these, and therefore must look to fall by this judgment.... | |
| Scotland - 1818 - 412 pages
...oracle will hold," that as the partridge sitteth upon her eggs, and hatcheth them not, so he that gets riches and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and in the end shall be a fool.'" But he is not more intent in building of his own house, than he is taken... | |
| sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...good the beautiful description of the Prophet Jeremiah (xvii. 11), As the partridge sitteth on her eggs and hatcheth them not, so he that getteth riches,...right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and his end shall be a fool. And under this class are all those who accumulate their fortune b,y buying... | |
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