...I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; and,lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had...hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an armed man. THESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah...

...of thy fteep? Yet a little fteep, a little flumber, a little folding of the hands to fleep. So fhall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed mail." Men deceive themfelves with oiF puts, and the profpect of much time before them. To remove this...

...sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little sfumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold ; therefore...

...describes it : " I went by the field of the sluggard, by the vineyard of the man void of understanding i and lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles...one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Such is the consequence of a slothful, delaying spirit, in the things of this life ; and it is introduced...

...of thy sleep ? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 1 1 So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man. H 3 i V :i 13 ^f A naughty person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He vvinketh with his...

...O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out •of tby sleep? Yet a little sleep ; yet a little dumber ; a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth : and thy want as an armed man *. •? • But this is pnly a small part of the evils which...

...Matt. xxv. 5. How long, then, a1/// f/iou sleep, O sluggard ? when witt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hand-s to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that tra•caileth, and thy want as an armed man. (c.) As for sports, when they take up so much time and...

...over wilhthornsi and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stonewall thereof was broken down. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverly come as one thut travelleth l and thy want as an armed man. Q. 2. What doth the eighth commandment...

...thou sleep, O sluggard, when wilt thou arise out of sleep. Yet a litfle sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy...one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." And again, Prov. xx. ]3. " Love not sleep lest thou come to poverty, open thine eyes, and thou shall...

...sleepy devil, for he is as bad as any. When once you begin to cry, " A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man," Prov. vi. 10, 11. I had long entertained a desire to live...