| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...to it, nor any thing takeu from it. He hath made every thing beautiful iu his time. From tite same, He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this is also vanity. When goods mcrease they are increased that eat them : and what good is there... | |
| Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 pages
...but this is, not to be obtained by enlarging their estates, but by contracting their desires ; for " he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Eccles. v. 1O. And the word of truth, as well as constant experience, assure us, that, " the happiness... | |
| William Giles - 1811 - 268 pages
...do not want !" It wag said by him who exceeded all the kings of the earth in' riches and in 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... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 pages
...desire, do not •feel that happiness arising from them, which we suppose they must. Eccl. v. 10. I1. " He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this also is vanity. Where goods increase, they are increased that eat them, and what good is there... | |
| Edward Reynolds - 1811 - 434 pages
...recorded to the commendation of king Uzziah, that he was a lover of husbandry, 2 Chron. xxvi. 10. 10. He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase : this is also vanity. This may be understood, either absolutely, to represent the insatiable greediness... | |
| 1815 - 586 pages
...than they. 9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all : the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this is also vanity. 1 1 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them : and what good is... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...have most of the world, cry, " Give, give/' with as insatiable an eagerness as the veriest beggar. " He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with...silver: nor he that loveth abundance, with increase." They have much, but they want something more ; and their being destitute of that, makes all their possessions... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 pages
...will never amount to a solid happiness, in which the heart of man can find rest and satisfaction. " He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with...silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Therefore said our Lord to the multitude, " Take heed, and beware of covetousness, for a man's life... | |
| 1819 - 934 pages
...they. 9 If Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all : th? king himself is served by the field. 1 0 e unto the LORD, a burnt-offering, and a meat-offering, a sacrifice, and drink-offerings, every thin : this it also vanify. 1 1 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them : and what good is... | |
| James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pages
...vanity. - ., , , 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... | |
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