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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? "
Domestic Economy, and Cookery: For Rich and Poor; Containing an Account of ... - Page 12
by Lady - 1827 - 691 pages
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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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A few plain practical sermons on important subjects

Nathaniel John Hollingsworth - Sermons, English - 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 ; and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?" It is so far well, that rank involves a retinue, and...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...with silver ; nor he that loveth 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 beholding of them with their eyes ? Moreover the profit of the earth is for all : the king...
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Theological Works: Published at Different Times, and Now Collected ..., Volume 1

Thomas Scott - Religion - 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...them : and what good is there "to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of " them with their eyes ' ?" It is undeniable, that in•Eccles. v. U, creasing...
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A Scripture Account of the Faith and Practice of Christians: Consisting of ...

Hugh Gaston - Bible - 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, and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes ? Ver. 12. The abundance of the rich will not suffer them...
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The works of ... Ezekiel Hopkins, arranged and revised, with a ..., Volume 1

Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...serviceableness is only to make a glittering and dazzling shew. Which sense Solomon approves: Eccl. v. 11. What good is there to the owners thereof, save the beholding them with their eyes ? The pride of life is honour and dignity; that flatulent and airy notion, that puffs up lien's pride...
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Twelve addresses, on moral and religious subjects: delivered to young ...

Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 pages
...not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this also is vanity. Where goods increase, they are increased that eat them,...thereof, save the beholding them with their eyes?" There is a difference between having things, and enjoying them-. There are many to whom God giveth...
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A Commentary on the Book of Ecclesiastes: Never Before Published Separately

Edward Reynolds - Bible - 1811 - 434 pages
...or abundance, is here to be understood in the same sense as gathered wealth, as Ps. xxxvii. 16. 11. 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 ? Having already pointed out the vanity of the. love of...
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The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Volume 6

Missions - 1813 - 500 pages
..."why he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver." Ver. J 1. "When goods increase, hey are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving, the beholding of them with their eyes .?" Those who, through an immoderate desire of wealth,...
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