...5. Whoso prively slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off. — y Prov. xxii. 1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. John viii. 49. Jesus answered, î have not a devil ; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me....

...thou come to poverty ; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. 13. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 14. Trab up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it. and with...

...groveling as to have no regard for the opinion and approbation of his fellowcreatures ? "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches ; and loving favour rather than silver and gold." "The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart : and a good report maketh the bones fat." — But the use...

...vicious. To despise them may be a kind of stupid brutality. The Wise Man says that ' a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.' — But there are excellent rules to be observed on this occasion, and we ought always to bear them...

...it, and gratefully to regard it as a most valuable blessing. Solomon tells us, that " a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold ; T1 and indeed it is often seen that the piety and diligence of one child has been the cause of prosperity...

...horse is prepared against the day of battle : but safety is of the LORD. CHAP. XXII. A GOOD name is sijver and gold. 2 The rich and poor meet together : the I .'MI n it the maker of (hem all. 3 A prudent...

...esteem — [We all affect the esteem of our fellow-creatures ; and it is well to do so : "a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and goldc." Whilst we are unconscious of having done any thing to forfeit a person's esteem, we conclude,...

...vain. If 4 Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right. 5 A good name is rather to .be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. 6 The rich and poor meet together : the Lord is the maker of them all. 7 There is that maketh himself...

...against "the vanity of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches," and maintain " that a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold," &c. enforcing the necessity of lay ing up their treasures in heaven, for where the treasure is there...

...place when we shall have departed. " A good name," says the book of Proverbs in another place, *' is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold." And indeed, if it be a weakness to covet such a treasure, it is a weakness, of which only the best...