 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pagine
...spend his life in preparation for eternity. The Preacher remarheth on wisdom, and on the want of it. 1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to...folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 2 A wise man's heart is at his right hand ; but a fool's heart at his left. 3 Yea also, when he that... | |
 | 1842 - 262 pagine
...varying in different individuals according to their temperament, circumstances, and occupation. But as " dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour," Eccl. x. 1, 90 this " but," whatever it may be, produces a sad stain upon the fairest character ; and,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pagine
...is grievous unto me." — Fir. 17. ' Dead flics cause the ointment to send forth a stinking savor : honor." — CA. x. ver. 1. 1 Tho memory of the just is blessed, but the memory of the wicked shall... | |
 | William Graeme Rhind - 1844 - 456 pagine
...the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands." (1 Sam. xvii. 45— 47. The Fly. " Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to...him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour." (Eccles. x. 1.) It is the exceeding insignificance of a dead fly that gives force to this image ; but... | |
 | 1868
...wise man, " Even as dead flies ause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour, !o doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour." The minds of those who are thus prejudiced will be thereby rendered almost inacessible to any good... | |
 | 1867 - 400 pagine
...and windows, and in the vestry. Mr. S. again ascended the pulpit, taking for his text Eccl. x. 1, " Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour." He set the great silver trumpet of the Gospel of the grace of God to the roof of his mouth, and gave... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pagine
...cultivation of an elevated, law-reverencing, sense of freedom. D. HEATH. A LAY SERMON. " Dead flieg cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour." — Eccl. x. 1. DOUBTLESS a great troth lies embalmed in this perfumed drapery. The exquisite flavour... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 506 pagine
...uniting and comprehensive mind, and sighing, as he thought of himself and others, he exclaimed — " Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to...him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour." A little plain talk about these dead flies may not be unprofitable to us living men, for these dead... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pagine
...added in the De Attgmentis : — As dead flies cause the best ointment to send forth an ill odour, so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. — The condition of men eminent for virtue is, as this aphorism excellently observes, exceeding hard... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pagine
...those added in the De Avgmentis:— As dead flies cause the hest ointment to send forth an ill odour, so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.—The condition of men eminent for virtue is, as this aphorism excellently ohserves, exceeding... | |
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DEAD flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour : so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. 
