 | William Jones (of Nayland.) - 1829 - 654 pages
...learn as children do, and be bettered by the instructions of wisdom! " Go," then, " to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." But now, thirdly, I am to remind you, that he who would lay any thing by for charity, must be temperate.... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1829 - 434 pages
...her ways ; and by awaking from their stupidity, to learn a lesson of wisdom. " Go to the ant, thoii sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise ; which,...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gatheretb her food in the harvest. How long will thou sleep, O sluggard ! when wilt thou arise out... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 416 pages
...reprehension ffc. come under (his head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, andT>e wise : — which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,...sleep : — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 2. And when the king came in to see the guests, Be " saw... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 pages
...the falling inflection. Denunciation, reprehension fyc. come under this head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : — which...O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep f — Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : — So shall thy... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - 1830 - 336 pages
...neighbor, go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give, when thou hast it by thee. 9 Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise : which...long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou I arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep... | |
 | 1830 - 986 pages
...unequalled fame in one branch of learning.^ Prov. vi. 6 — 8, compared with xxx. 25, " Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest." " The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer." On the former of these... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 608 pages
...to lay up for winter ; but these things are man's duty ; as Prov. v\. C — 8. "Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider her ways, and be wise : which...overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, andgathereth her food in the harvest." And chap. x. 5, &c. " He that galhereth in the Bummer is a wise... | |
 | Edward Berens - 1831 - 96 pages
...29. SERMON VII. YOUNG MEN EXHORTED TO FKUGALITY AND FORESIGHT. PROV. vi. 6, 7, 8. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: which having...the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. IT is of great importance to us all, that we should acquire the habit of carrying our view forward... | |
 | 1831 - 858 pages
...in a large Episcopal chapel, from that beautiful and instructive passage, — " Go to the ant, tliou sluggard, consider her ways and be wise ; which having...meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.'7 The preacher, being a good divine but an indifferent naturalist, gave us several pretty... | |
 | William Henderson - 1831 - 352 pages
...with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man." All those who have attained great age, have beep distinguished... | |
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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. 
