 | 1819 - 488 pages
...neighbour's ". Hell and destruction are never full ; so the eyes of man are never satisfied b. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them ; and what good is there to the owners thereof,... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pages
...- ., , , FIRST — The wealth of this world is vanity. The desire of wealth is insatiable. "He that loveth silver- shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase."* The farther he proceeds in the business of amas•Eccles.v. 10. •'-• A sing, the more intent he... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...grasping at what he cannot enjoy, and gathering solely for the sake of possession : for ' ' he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase ; and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? " (Eccl. v. 10, 16.) It is also a reflection... | |
 | George Holden - 1822 - 316 pages
...RICHES ; WITH AN ADMONITION AS TO THE MODERATE ENJOYMENT OF THEM. 10 With respect to riches, he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance of wealth with a continual increase of it. This desire of wealth [is] also vanity, incompetent to produce... | |
 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 670 pages
...increase of wealth. The wisest of men, who perhaps also was the wealthiest, says experimentally, " when goods increase, they " are increased that eat...there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding VOL. IV. Q "of them with their eyes?"1 It is undeniable that increasing riches ensure additional cares,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...labour, and bereave my soul of good ? This is also vanity. — Eccles. iv. 8. Prov. xxvii. 20. He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver;...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...labour, and bereave my soul of good ? This is also vanity. — Eccles. iv. 8. Prov. xxvii. 20. He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver)...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much ; but the abundance of the rich... | |
 | Edward Nares - 1824 - 444 pages
...and I may add, the Wisdom of Solomon, who, living in a palace, found it to be but too true, that " when goods increase, they are increased that eat them...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes ?" When Lord North was Prime Minister, he was expected upon a visit at one of the greatest houses in... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. When goods increase, they also are increased that eat them; and what good is there...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? The abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. There is a sore evil which I have seen under... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...abundantly satisfies the soul. but the gifts that this world gives can never satisfy the soul. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase, Eccl. 5. 10. A man may as soon fill a chest with grace, or a quart vessel with virtue, as a heart with... | |
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When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 
