 | William Huntington - 1802 - 522 pages
...apple tree, is the greatest and worst witch of all. " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool," Jer. xvii. 11. " For what shall it profit a man,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...whic/i soon run/rum her and join with birds of iheir own kind, or are frequently and easily destroyed ; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, when he thinks them secure, and /¡roñases himae/f pleasure in them, and at his... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...him, &c. Jer. vi. 6. This is the city to be visited (by an enemy) she is wholly oppression. xvii. 11. He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. xxii. 17. Sfieaking of Jefioia/cim. — Thine eyes... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1807 - 520 pages
...to every man ac" cording to his works, and according to " the fruit of his doings. '? And again, " He " that getteth riches and not by right, shall " leave them in the midst of his days, and " at his end shall be a fool." f And again, " O Lord, the hope of Israel, all... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...the wicked shall destroy them : and, Jer. xvii. 1 1 . As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not ,- so he, that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Many times God raiseth up such against them, who... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1810 - 326 pages
...timber thereof, and the stones thereof. Jer. xvii. 11, As the patridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the 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... | |
 | 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 them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." If your conscience be clear of these things, you... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...to it that it leaves him, and often hurries him away from it. That is a heavy word, Jer. xvii. 11; 'He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.' 6. It leaves a sting in the conscience, which will... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1840 - 586 pages
...Sacred Scriptures. Thus, we are told in Jeremiah, that " as the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcbeth them not, so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." The signs of the times, however, as we before remarked,... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - 1814 - 636 pages
...with Jer. xvii. 1 1. " The partridge sit-'.teth, on eggs, and produceth, or hatcheth, not ; so I ; that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them " in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be con-.temptible." The difficulty is, to ascertain in whit... | |
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 
