 | William Jay - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 302
...envy or uneasiness see their equality with themselves, or even their pre-eminence in experience. " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is...because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. " The church is the only society in which it is either possible or proper to merge the ranks of life.... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 612
...unto the world." J.er. ix. 23, 24. Gal. vi. 14. We should well consider the words of the apostle, " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich in that he is made low." James, i. 9 — 11. " Mind not then," my brethren, " high things, but condescend to men of low estate... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 620
...though not for itself, yet for the good that it may conduce to : and therefore saith James i. 9, 10. " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted, but the rich in that he is made low." And Job could say, " The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord;" Job... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 630
...his hands the thing that is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth ;" Ephes. iv. 28. " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ;" James i. 9. 11. The lowness of a man's calling, or baseness of his employment, will not allow him... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...his hands the thing that is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth ;" Ephes. iv. 28. " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ;" James i. 9. 11. The lowness of a man's calling, Or baseness of his employment, will not allow him... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 422
...pursuits, and the insufficiency of worldly advantages, than the comparison instituted by St. James ? " Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is...burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth : so also shall the rich man fade... | |
 | Charles G. Steffen - 1984 - عدد الصفحات: 324
...in the Scriptures that seemed fitting: "Mind not high things, but condescend to men of lower estate; Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted; but the rich in that he is made low." But the preacher noticed that the "poor people" failed to draw the appropriate lesson from the Coughs'... | |
 | Leah S. Marcus - 1989 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Eccles. 9:7-9) Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is...burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade... | |
 | Herbert Lockyer - 1990 - عدد الصفحات: 356
...20:13 "A certain beggar, named Lazarus . . . carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. "Luke 16:20,22 "Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted." James 1:9 "Hath not God chosen the poor of the world?" James 2:5 It would seem as if there are more... | |
 | Paul V. Harrison, Robert E. Picirilli - 1992 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...Finally, he cannot be depended upon; he is unstable (v. 8). III. ADVICE CONCERNING POSSESSIONS (1:9-11) 9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 1 1... | |
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For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth ; so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. 
