 | Catechisms - 1828 - 160 pages
...covetousness; for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth. Luke xii. 15. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? For riches certainly make themselves wings ; they flee away as an eagle towards heaven. Prov. xxiii. 5. Covetousness, let it not once be named among... | |
 | John Ryland - Sermons, English - 1828 - 534 pages
...gained for a time, its continuance is so uncertain. "Labor not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make to themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven." Because our loss of it is so certain.... | |
 | John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...possession, and leave you pennyless : " Wherefore labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...wings ; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven."* Ah ! happy, beyond comparison with earthly mortals, are they whose minds respond to the benevolent... | |
 | Peter Lovett Fraser - Sermons, English - 1829 - 310 pages
...shall " gather them." " Labour not to be rich," says the Wise Man : " cease from thine own " wisdom. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon " that which is not...make themselves wings; they fly away as " an eagle toward heaven V Covetousness is said in the Epistle to the Colossians " to be idolatry," and the two... | |
 | John Witherspoon - Justification (Christian theology) - 1830 - 274 pages
...happiness in so unstable a possession. How strong, as well as how juit the wise man's expressions ! " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...wings, they fly away as an eagle towards heaven." Behold I preach the Gospel to you, and offer you the true riches. However pride may make you fondly... | |
 | John Witherspoon - Justification (Christian theology) - 1830 - 360 pages
...happiness in so unstable a possession. How strong, as well as how just the wise man's expressions ! " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven." Behold I preach the gospel to you, and offer you the true riches. However pride may... | |
 | 1831 - 644 pages
...happiness in so unstable a possession. How strong, as well as how just, the wise man's expressions ! " Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not: for...themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle towards heaven."J — Behold, I • Jer v. S. t Matt. I'rov. zxüi. preach the gospel to you, and offer you... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
...wealth of this world ! " Labour not to be rich ; cease from thine own wisdom. Wilt thou set thine heart upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make...wings : they fly away as an eagle towards heaven."* "That which is NOT!" so insecure, that he does not allow it even the attribute of existence ! Oh how... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...iniquity is purged, and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil. Pr. xvi. 6. Wilt thon set thine erei d. 2 Ai. xxi. 24. See 2 A'i. xxii. and xxiii. to verse 30. The people of the land slew all them toward heaven. Pr. xxiii. 6. (. ; giveth to a man that is good ¡a hi* sight, wisdom, and knowledge,... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...so the eyes of man are never satisfied. 13 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom. 14 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ?...themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. 15 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. 16 In the house of... | |
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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. 
