 | 1821 - 508 pages
...cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list, that are like the lilies of the field — they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in his glory. In fine, it teaches a lesson which indeed they might... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1822 - 254 pages
...he known, is related to have heen f-poken hy Jesus Christ, as a remedy against distrustful cure. " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." This, however, is far inferior to the allusions in Joh, and in the 10th Psalm; hut it is similar in... | |
 | Charles Phillips - 1822 - 434 pages
...continually cry for bread. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list that are like the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory In fine, it teaches a lesson, which indeed they might... | |
 | 1819 - 996 pages
...feerieth them : art thon not much better than they ? And why takest thou thought for raiment ? consider the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. And shall he not much more clothe... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - 1822 - 206 pages
...cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list, who are like the lilies of the field ; they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory. In fine, it teaches men a lesson which indeed they... | |
 | William Grisenthwaite - 1825 - 314 pages
...can be known, is related to have been spoken by Jesus Christ as a remedy against distrustful care. " Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin." This however is far inferior to the allusions in Job, and the nineteenth Psalm ; but it is similar... | |
 | 1829 - 140 pages
...nature. It has the authority of the sacred writers on its side, and even our Saviour Himself gives the weight and the solemnity of His example. 'Behold...flower, and draws from it the delightful argument of a confidence in God. — He gives us to see that taste may be combined with piety, and that the same... | |
 | 1826 - 376 pages
...cry continually for food. It teaches them to imitate those saints on the pension list, who are like the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin, and yet are arrayed like Solomon in all his glory. In fine, it teaches men a lesson which indeed they... | |
 | Stephen Reynolds Clarke - 1826 - 494 pages
...admit a woman;* others excluded the fair sex on the strength of a passage in scripture : " Consider the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; " thence it was concluded that females, who ought to spin, ought not to reign in the kingdom of the... | |
 | Ann Taylor - 1830 - 196 pages
...upon things which the young, especially, are too apt to make the chief objects of their pursuit. ' Behold the lilies of the field, they toil not, neither do they spin ; yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these !' We are told of the ivory steps by which... | |
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Consider the lilies of the field; they toil not, neither do they spin: yet Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 
