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... necks from the yoke of useful labor , and thus , to their supposition , escaped the maledic- tion , are , of all men in society , the most miserable . The indolent invite the devil to tempt them ; with FOR MAN'S SAKE . 29.
... necks from the yoke of useful labor , and thus , to their supposition , escaped the maledic- tion , are , of all men in society , the most miserable . The indolent invite the devil to tempt them ; with FOR MAN'S SAKE . 29.
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William Clayton. The indolent invite the devil to tempt them ; with them he is ever present also as a tormentor ; nay , the very food they take yields not ordinary satisfaction ; the relish which labor gives to food , and the preparation ...
William Clayton. The indolent invite the devil to tempt them ; with them he is ever present also as a tormentor ; nay , the very food they take yields not ordinary satisfaction ; the relish which labor gives to food , and the preparation ...
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... indolent wishes , by unwarranted expectations . " The sluggard will not plough by reason of the " cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest , and have nothing . " * 66 The faint - hearted and pliable apostate , is among the most ...
... indolent wishes , by unwarranted expectations . " The sluggard will not plough by reason of the " cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest , and have nothing . " * 66 The faint - hearted and pliable apostate , is among the most ...
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... indolent , will smile on the laborious ; and to these unpromising and diffi- cult services does he appear promptly propitious ; and " where you as Judah , thus plough at the " command of God ; and as Jacob , thus break up " the clods ...
... indolent , will smile on the laborious ; and to these unpromising and diffi- cult services does he appear promptly propitious ; and " where you as Judah , thus plough at the " command of God ; and as Jacob , thus break up " the clods ...
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... from separating what God has united . Indolent persons virtually deny the faith ; unsocial piety , spiritual professions which exclude our fellow men , are un- scriptural . Our Lord's conduct on earth is a living exempli- fication.
... from separating what God has united . Indolent persons virtually deny the faith ; unsocial piety , spiritual professions which exclude our fellow men , are un- scriptural . Our Lord's conduct on earth is a living exempli- fication.
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Page 100 - And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him 1 I trow not.
Page 45 - Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Page 149 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
Page 133 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 301 - And they came to the place which God had told him of, and Abraham built an Altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the Altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 375 - My lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken, the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
Page 201 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 393 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 386 - Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
Page 187 - To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness ; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.