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" When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? "
Serious Enquiries: Or, Important Questions Relative to this World and that ... - Page 14
by Charles Buck - 1815 - 182 pages
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The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments and the ..., Volume 7

1611 - 360 pages
...they. on Moreover the profit of the earth is for all : the king himself is served by the field. He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ;...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes ? The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich...
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The Christian institutes, or, The sincere word of God, a plain account of ...

Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...ever; neither doth the Crown endure to every Generation. b When Goods increafe, they are increafed that eat them ; and, what good is there to the Owners thereof, faring the beholding of them • with their Eyes ? c Sometimes, Riches are kept, for the Owners thereof...
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The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes ...

Robert Burton - 1800 - 628 pages
...the rest of his prerogatives which wealth affords, as he hath more, his expences are the greater. " When goods increase, they are increased that eat them; and what good cometh to the owners, but the beholding thereof with the eyes ?" Ecclcs. 4. 10. " f Millia frumenti...
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A few plain practical sermons on important subjects

Nathaniel John Hollingsworth - 1801 - 352 pages
...harbour the infects that deftroy them. So true " is it, that, when goods in*' create, they are increafed that eat them ; and " what good is there to the owners thereof, faving " the beholding of them with their eyes t ? ' Or, perhaps, a prodigal child will be fent to...
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The Christian guardian (and Church of England magazine).

1851 - 592 pages
...consumers, and of riches less perishable, the proprietor enjoys no more than the mere spectator. " When goods increase, they are increased that eat them...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?" It is so far well, that rank involves a retinue, and that no man can be so selfishly sumptuous, but...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...nor any thing takeu from it. He hath made every thing beautiful iu his time. From tite same, He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ;...abundance with increase : this is also vanity. When goods mcrease they are increased that eat them : and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the...
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Theological Works: Published at Different Times, and Now Collected ..., Volume 1

Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...increase of wealth. The wisest of men, who perhaps also was the wealthiest, says experimentally, " When goods 'increase, they are " increased that eat...thereof, saving the beholding of " them with their eyes ' ?" It is undeniable, that in•Eccles. v. U, creasing riches ensure additional cares, encumbrances,...
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A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional ..., Volume 5

Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...be satisfied with silver ; he will never think he has enough ; nor he that loveth abundance with 11 increase : this [is] also vanity. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them j there is a larger family and retinue, and therefore more exptnse ; and others enjoy his wealth as...
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A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians: Consisting of ...

Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...his days are sorrows and his travel grief, yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. Eccl. v. 11. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them,...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes ? Ver. 12. The abundance of the rich will not suffer them to sleep. Ver. 13. I have seen riches kept...
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The Plain Teacher: Shewing the Advantage of Man's Prudent and Pious Conduct ...

Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 pages
...is, not to be obtained by enlarging their estates, but by contracting their desires ; for " he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Eccles. v. 1O. And the word of truth, as well as constant experience, assure us, that, " the happiness...
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