 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pagine
...great Gain: For we brought nothing into this World; and it is certain we can carry nothing out. . e A little that a righteous Man hath is better than the Riches of many wicked. f Better is a little with the Fear of the Lord, than great Treafure and Trouble therewith.... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pagine
...nor,from the South. 7 But GOD is the JUDOH : he PUTTETH down one, and SETTETH up asother. Pftl. xxxvii. 16 A Little that a RIGHTEOUS Man hath, is better than, the Riches of many WICKED. zz For fuch as be blefled of him, Hull rNHtRiT the Eatth ; and they that be curfed of... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 484 pagine
...of this. The Spirit of GOD tells us this from the obfervation of the wileft men, Pfal. xxxvii. i6. " A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the " riches of many wicked." Prov. xvi. 8. "Better " is a little with righteoufnefs, than great revenues " without... | |
 | James Fisher - 1764 - 312 pagine
...the enj oyments of the one, and wants of the other, are laid in the balance, it \vill be found, that a little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many -wicked, Pfalm xxxvii. 16. Prov. xv. 16. Queft. 5i. What is our duty -when providence feems to... | |
 | John Leland - 1769 - 470 pagine
...if he hath a fcanty Portion of this World's Goods, the Pfalmift's Obfervation holds certainly, that a little that a righteous Man hath is better than the Riches of many Wicked. Pf. xxxvii. i 6. For he hath the true Enjoyment of that Little, and the BleJJing of God... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 488 pagine
...portion of thefe things fhall afford me more comfort than ever I had in their greateft abundance. " A little that a righteous man hath, •*' is better than the riches of many wicked," Pfal. xxxvii. 16,. The POEM. TH ER E's great complaint abroad that trading's bad, Youjhake... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pagine
...upright converfation. 15 Their fword fhall enter into their own heart, and their bows fhall be broken. 16 A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked fhall be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous.... | |
 | Robert Walker - 1796 - 428 pagine
...Whereas the IT 2 4' Lord ** Lord blefleth the habitation of the juft:'* in confequence whereof, " the little that a ** righteous man hath, is better than the '* riches of many wicked." It is a fignificant faying of David, Pfal. xxxvii. 22. " Such " as be blefled of the... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1798 - 420 pagine
...are far from affording that nappinefs and peace which we demand of them, and' expeft frt)m them. ' A little that a righteous man hath, ' is better than the riches of many wicked.' Can there be any thing more comfortable to experience, than that ftrong expreffion, '... | |
 | John Flavel - 1799 - 684 pagine
...portion of thefe things mall afford me more comfort than ever I had in their greateft abundance. " A little that a righteous man hath, is better than the riches of ma" ny wicked," Pfal. xxxvii. 16. THE POEM. THERE's great complaint abroad that trading's bad, You... | |
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A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 
