...hideth his hand in Au bosom ; H It grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is en sea, ten cubits ' from the one brim to the other: it was round .17 He that passet h by, and '-'meddieth with strife belonging not to him, Js Site one that taketh...

...Syrian was commanded to ' go and wash in Jordan seven times ;' — Solomon saith, ' the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason,' &c. &c. The idea that the stars were angels who waited upon the god, will not appear extravagant, when...

...thoroughly. Ps. 119. I'll, seven times a day do I praise thee ; ie many times. Fiov. 26. 16. the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason ; I. e. than many men. Italics. It has sometimes been objected to our received version that it is encumbered...

...hideth his hand in his bosom ; J| it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 16 The sluggard is mercy endureth for ever : 9 The moon and stars to rule by night : 17 He that passeth by, and || medwitless man, or one that minds nothing but his pleasure, to treat...

...of conceit and presumption : therefore be diligent : as is clear in Prov. xxvi. 1 6, The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that can render a reason. It is the sluggard that is wise in his own estimation. Would you know the humble Christian ? He is...

...condemn, it is mental indolence ; the one is no fault, the other borders on a vice, " The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." In anticipating objections, however, we are wandering from the subject, and we must trace our way back...

...flattered himself, perhaps, that his affairs were not desperate. He had imagined — " for the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason " * — that he could retrieve them easily when it should be worth while to set about it : and had...

...himself ample credit for the judgement which leads him to refrain from exertion. For " the sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." He is a social nuisance, a domestic incubus, a drone in the hive. His advantages pass by unimproved,...

...little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep." And, which is the greatest evil, " That he is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason." And lastly, when vigour and youth shall cease, that Want, like an armed man, will rush, The hoary head...

...slothful hideth his hand in his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. 10 The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. 17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog...