| Samuel Shaw - 1829 - 340 pàgines
...jurisdiction of the understanding. By this property of it, it is elegantly described by the Spirit of God : " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." It cannot be bought with money, or money-worth, cannot be purchased with gifts... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - 1829 - 276 pàgines
...can it by associating with itself the consideration of advantage. The heart is not so to be bribed. "If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."* It is impossible then that a new disposition should be produced in a natural,... | |
| Samuel Shaw - 1829 - 318 pàgines
...jurisdiction of the understanding. By this property of it, it is elegantly described by the Spirit of God : " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it w.&uld utterly be contemned." It cannot be bought with money, or money-worth, cannot be purchased with... | |
| Olinthus Gregory - 1829 - 340 pàgines
...vain." " A little that a righteous man hath " is better than the riches of many wicked." " Better " is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great " treasure and trouble therewith." " He that maketh " haste to be rich shall not be innocent." " Be not " thou afraid when one is made... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 638 pàgines
...hindered from ascending up to God). Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, (that is, to bribe it, and divert it from its object,) it would utterly be contemned." (Sol. Song viii.... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 528 pàgines
...a person : otherwise it is evidently true, which the wise man affirms: Prov. zv. 16. ' Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.' 8. Again, we may consider that to dispense our wealth liberally is the best way to preserve it, and... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 622 pàgines
...hindered from ascending up to God). Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, (that is, to bribe it, and divert it from its object,) it would utterly be contemned." (Sol. Song viii.... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 528 pàgines
...a person : otherwise it is evidently true, which the wise man affirms : Prov. xv. 16. ' Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.' 3. Again, we may consider that to dispense our wealth liberally is the best way to preserve it, and... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 606 pàgines
...such a person : otherwise it is evidently true, which the Wise Man affirms, Prov. xv. 16. Setter is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith. 3. Again ; we may consider, that to dispense our wealth liberally is the best way to preserve it, and... | |
| James Cossar Ewart - 1830 - 494 pàgines
...these words of Solomon, Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of strife. Better is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith1. But Captain Hudson had not read or not attended to the wisdom of the Bible, which is a... | |
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