 | 1814
...summary, iiniM.il it might be thought rather a sarcastic answer, when he says, ' The slothful man saitli, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.' It must, however, certainly be admitted, that the difficulties attaching to missions are what our objectors... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 sidor
...upon his legs, that he cannot move them in the way of God : Prov. xxvi. 13. " The flothful man faith, There is a lion in the way." " A lion is in the ftreets, yet his feet are fwift to evil," Ifa. lix. 7. This band is fo heavy on his head, that he cannot... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 sidor
...of one that has hardly common sense ; he is afoot IS of (tod's making, the otlie" makes himself so. The slothful [man] saith ; [There is} a lion in the way, a lion [is] in the streets i thut idle people frighten themselves from business ; raise imaginary difficulties and aggrmwte real... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 sidor
...-feb....Seeft thou a man wife in his own conceit ? is more hope of a fool than of him. Thefaothful man faith, There is a lion in the Way, a lion is in the ftreets. \ • ,' The llotht'ul hideth his hand in hit bofom ; and as the doorturneth upon bis hinges,... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 sidor
...13. The slothiVJ man Saith, there is a lion v/ithout. I shall be slain in the streets. Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets. Prov. xxiv. 30. I went by the fit-Id of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understandmg... | |
 | John Skinner - 1809 - 582 sidor
...strong language ' — ' The slothful saith, There is a lion in the ' way ; as a door turneth on its hinges, so doth the ' slothful upon his bed ; the...his hand in his bosom, it grieveth him to bring it a' gain to his mouth.' All which is parabolicafly condemned by the ' greater than Solomon *' — '... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 sidor
...makes them fancy more difficulties and hazards in mortification than indeed there are? Prov. xxvi. 13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets : it is a very unlikely thing, that a lion" should be in the street ; yet this his sloth suggests to... | |
 | 1809 - 556 sidor
...be so wise and virtuous, that he despises his betters, and thinks he is above instruction. Ver. 13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the -way, a lion is in the stretts."] He that hath no mind to labour, never wants pretences for his idleness ; for his fancy represents... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 sidor
...unfit for the business of life : fearful, and ready to shrink from every difficulty. Pror. xxvi. 13. " The slothful man saith there is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets." They are empty of all true, useful, or agreeable knowledge. Though at the same time, they are conceited... | |
 | John Colquhoun - 1814 - 446 sidor
...Beside the multitude of imaginary difficulties, which/ appears to the slothful man, when he says, " There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets m;" there are some real difficulties, in the way to the heavenly felicity. Believers, as well as other... | |
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The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. 
