...thou wilt never leave nor forsake me, if I put my trust in thee. May mine be the prayer of Agur—" Give me neither poverty nor riches ; lest I be full, and deny thee ; or be poor, and steal, and take thy name in vain." Let me not forget that the love of money is the...

...far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say : Who is the Lord ? and lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of the Lord my God in vain," Prov. xxx. 7 — 9....

...in the abundance of his riches, strengtheneth VOL. II.— 65 himself in his wickedness. Give me not riches, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?" In the New Testament, the awful exclamation of our Saviour, "How hardly shall they that have riches...

...exercising proper control over the appetites when he exclaimed, " Feed me with food •convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?"! From the preceding observations we are led to conclude, that at certain periods, intemperance prevailed...

...would pray God that I might be poor. Rather, and more wisely ought I, perhaps, to say with Agar, ' Give me neither poverty nor riches; lest I be full and deny thee, ad say, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name yf my God in vain.' " But...

...great fault, two great faults ; but these two amount not to that one, which arises out of abundance, Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? And that proverb, that Solomon speaks of, St. Hierome calls not, paupertatem, but mendiritatem; and...

...would pray God that I might be poor. Rather, and more wisely ought I, perhaps, to say with Agur, ' give me neither poverty nor riches; lest I be full and deny thce, and say, who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.'...

...the mean is best. See Agur's choice, Prov. xxx. 9, when he saith, " Give me not riches," he addeth, " lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" There is no condition of life begetteth insolency and contempt of God, so much as aluxurious fulness....

...exercising proper control over the appetites when he exclaimed : "Feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee. and say, Who is the LordTIT From the preceding observations we are led to conclude, that at certain periods, intemperance...

...pay for an overflowing cup of earthly good. 'Give me not riches,' prayed the inspired son of Jakeh, 0 s 'Ah!' said the celebrated Dr Johnson, to the great comedian of the time, when the latter, in the full...