 | William Giles - 1836 - 172 pages
...do not want!" It was said by him who exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom, He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase. " It almost always happens, that the man who grows rich changes his notions of poverty, states his... | |
 | Seth Williston - 1836 - 664 pages
...or sensual enjoyments, is always attended with disappointment ; it does not equal the expectation. " He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Eccl. v. 10. "There be many," (viz. all the graceless multitude,) " that say, Who will show us any... | |
 | John Harris - 1836 - 348 pages
...that they are not, they are only the mirage of the world's desert; that they are unsatisfactory—"for he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase;" that the possession of them is often attended with mortification, and a separation from them with anguish;... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 600 pages
...the earth ? Even the states of kings cannot well subsist, without a due culture of the earth. V. 11. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them...there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding thereof with their eyes ? If a man have great store of lands, and much stock in his hands, there must... | |
 | David M'Nicoll - 1837 - 688 pages
...and to enjoy the good of all his labour." Of the very same thing, he observes in the same chapter, " When goods increase, they are increased that eat them ; and what good is there to the owners thereof, save the beholding of them with their eyes ? " In one place mirth is ranked with madness and folly... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 586 pages
...doth but augment his lust of more ; and the having of more, doth not satiate, but enlarge his desires. He, that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with...silver ; nor he, that loveth abundance, with increase ; Eccl. v. 10: but these celestial riches are so much more allective, as they are more excellent, than... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 582 pages
...doth but augment his lust of more ; and the having of more, doth not satiate, but enlarge his desires. He, that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with...silver; nor he, that loveth abundance, with increase; Eccl. v. 10: but these celestial riches are so much more allective, as they are more excellent, than... | |
 | 1837 - 680 pages
...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this t> also vanity. 387 r Tke benefit ./a 11 f thy keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after lif ia there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of thct with their eyes? 13 The sleep of a labouring... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth 11 abundance with increase ;^this ij also vanity. 12 the beholding if them и ith their eyes Í The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he cat... | |
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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? 
