 | 1611 - 360 pagine
...fowler. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which havingno guide, overseer,or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep,a little slumber, a little foldingof the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 pagine
...vi. 6. Go to the Ant thou Sluggard, confider her Ways, and be wife : which having no Guide, OverJeer or Ruler, provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the HarveJl. So to convince the People of IJ'rael of Ingratitude and Inconfideration, God brings in the... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 470 pagine
...Ant, thoujluggard ; confider her 'ways, and be wife ; Winch having no guide, cverfeer, or ruler, yet provideth her meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harvejl. And in the Words immediately before my Text, Eccles. ix. io ; Whatever thine hand Jindeth... | |
 | Preceptor - 1758 - 590 pagine
...Sluggard, fays Solomm, confider her IFays, and be wife, which having no Guide, Overfecr, or Ruler, yet provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harve/1. The Infide of an Ant-hill is a kind of oblong City, divided into various Streets, that terminate... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1777 - 360 pagine
...and Frugality, lay up fomething, if poffible, for future Exigencies alfo: learning of the Jnt, which provideth her Meat in the Summer, and gathereth her Food in the Harveji b . So that applying for our daily Bread to God, is far from excluding a properCare to ufe... | |
 | David Morrice - 1801 - 328 pagine
...the instance of the ant : Go to the ant, thou sluggard (says that wisest of kings and moral writers), consider her ways, and be wise, which having no guide,...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I may also further observe to you, that if you lavish what you have to spare, you rob the poor, and... | |
 | 1877 - 594 pagine
...Palestine was one cannot definitely say ; the oft-quoted passage in the Bible, ' Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ' ways and be wise ; which,...the summer, and gathereth her 'food in the harvest' (Prov. vi. 6-8 ; see also xxx. 25), has been generally supposed to imply that the Jews held that the... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 pagine
...dream that all is safe and well with them. Paul, like a faithful watchman, cries out to such AWAKE : " how long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ?" What do they answer ? " Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep.".... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 322 pagine
...learrl wisdom, foresight, care, and diligence : "Go to the ant, than sluggard, consider her ways, and le wise ; which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in summer, and gatheretli her food in the harvest *." To view these busy animals (as an ingenious author... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagine
...biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. On Industry and Sloth. Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little sfumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,... | |
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Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 
