...are a lively counterpart of Solomon's description in the Proverbs : " I went (saith that wise king) by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding, andlo! it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles .had covered the face thereof, and the stone...

...gives us hJs own olwervation upon such a man, in. these words: / went by the field of the slothful— and lo it was all grown over with thorns,. and nettles had covered the face thereof: then I saw, and considered it well ; / looked upon it, and received instructions .'. y,et a little...

...lo ! it was all grown Over with thorns ! nettles had covered the face , thereof; and the stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well. I looked upon it, and received instruction." Is it in this manner, that a man lives to himself ? Are these the advantages which were expected to...

...his whole situation. Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...well : I looked upon it, and received instruction *. In the midst, too, * Prov. xxiv. 30, 31, 3-2. of those distresses which idleness brings on its votaries,...

...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the Jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...well : I looked upon it, and received instruction.* In the midst, too, of those distresses which idleness brings on its votaries, they must submit to innumerable...

...whole situation. Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by ^Solomon. / went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...covered the face thereof: and the stone wall thereof wax broken • Pror. xiv. 23. xiii. 4. VO,LI &J down, Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked...

...guide, overseer, or ruler, . provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone Avail thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well ; I looked upon it, and received instruction....

...Observe in what lively colours the state of his affairs is described by Solomon. I went by the Jield of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void...thereof; and the stone wall thereof was broken down. Tlien I saw and considered it well : .1 looked upon it, and re* Prov.^xiv. 23. — xiii. 4. VOL. II....

...the hands the house droppeth through. (10 EC. 18.) 16. Does the property of the slothful go to waste? I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard...and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the Etone wall thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it and received...

...receives daily strength from its continuance. •' I went, says Solomon, by the field of the slothful, and the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and...thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.' To raise the image o£ this person, the same author adds, ' The slothful man hideth his hand in his...