 | John Henry Howlett - 1826 - 342 pages
...one letteth out water ; therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. Prov. xvii. 14. Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. Eccl. iv. 9. My son, be wise, and make my heart glad ; that I may answer him that reproacheth me. Eccl.... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...this manner : " A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity," Prov. xvii. 17. " Two are better than one, because they have a good...woe to him that is alone when he falleth : for he has not another to help him up." Again, " If two lie together, then they have heat : but how can one... | |
 | J. C. Ross - 1827 - 462 pages
...the wisest man the world e'er saw, he dearly loved the lasses," &c. But mark his own words, Mr. M. Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour. If two lie together they have heat, but how can one be warm alone ? Whoso findeth a wife, fiudeth a... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1828 - 400 pages
...communion of saints from Beelzebub's swarm of flies and caterpillars. Thus, " two are better than one : for if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow...alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up." Much more woe to him, that hath a multitude to cast him and to keep him down. . Hind.... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...resembles a soldier who advances boldly with his comrades, when he would hesitate and falter alone. " Two are better than one ; because they have a good...if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow : but wo to him that is alone when he falleth ; for he hath not another to help him up. And if one prevail... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 300 pages
...Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.'' In this cause especially, it should seem that " two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour." Who can take it upon him to say how much of success may be suspended upon attention to this simple... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 302 pages
...Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea." In this cause especially, it should seem that " two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labour." Who can take it upon him to say how much of success may be suspended upon attention to this simple... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...down as far as Appii Forum to meet him : " whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage." " Two are better than one ; because they have a good...falleth ; for he hath not another to lift him up." Who, when dull, has not found a Christian visiter a quickening spirit ? " As iron sharpeneth iron,... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...languor ; to check each other in cases of temptation. "Two are better far than one; because they have good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the...alone when he falleth ; for he hath not another to help him up." Let none despond. As all are required to be useful, so all may be serviceable, if they... | |
 | Jean Pierre Camus (bp. of Belley.) - 1829 - 296 pages
...into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her.' Hosea ii. 14. Bad, when, as it is written—'Woe to "him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.' Eccls. iv. 10. If, retiring into solitude was sufficient to transform us into holiness... | |
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Two are better than one ; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 
