 | 1611 - 360 pages
...the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are...upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his... | |
 | Anthony Horneck - Christian life - 1684 - 506 pages
...pretiouf than rubies , and all the things thou canft dcftre are not to be compared unto her. She K a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and huppj if every one that retains her, Prov. 3. 14, IS, 16, 17. Confideration enlightens him, and makes... | |
 | William Payne - Repentance - 1708 - 432 pages
...obferves, That length of days tire in her Right hand, and in her Left Hand riches and honour. That Jhe is a tree of Life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that retaineth her, Prov. 3.16, 17, 18, 22. This true Notion, of Yertue, which is not an empty Panegyrick, but a ftrift... | |
 | John Norris - Christian life - 1710 - 424 pages
...fecured. And accordingly Solomon compares Wifdom to the great Paradifiacal Elixir, telling us that (he is a Tree of Life to them that lay hold upon her, and thence pronounces him Happy that retains her, which is more than can be fa id of the whole World befides.... | |
 | Anthony Horneck - 1721 - 476 pages
...more precious than Rubies ; and all the things thou canft dejire, are not to be compared unto her. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that retains her, Prov. 3. 14, 15, 18. Confideration enlightens him, and makes him wifer than Socrates,... | |
 | Richard Lucas - Happiness - 1734 - 464 pages
...in this life, is apparent from what follows a little after ; Length of days are in her right hand^ and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleafantttefej and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to thofe that lay hold upon her.... | |
 | John Gammon - 1738 - 288 pages
...from fear of Evil, the Fear of Evil (hall not hurt you : Prov. iii. 18. fpeaking of Wifdorn, fhe is a Tree of Life to them that lay hold upon .her, and happy is every one that retahteth her. There is in Chrift Safety, there is Firft, The Life of Juftification, Secondly, Of Sanclification,... | |
 | Charles Frey de Neuville - 1744 - 146 pages
...Prov. iii. 13, 16, 17. Happy is the Man that fmdeth Wifdom. . . Length of Days is in her Right Hand, and in her Left Hand Riches and Honour. Her Ways are Ways of Pleafantnefs, and all her Paths are Peace. TH US it is that the wifeft of Kings reprefents to us Wifdom,... | |
 | Peter Brett - English literature - 1748 - 260 pages
...in- her Left- Hand, Riches -- and Honour. Her W.iys are Ways of Pleafantnefs, and all her Paths nre Peace. She is a Tree of ''Life to them that lay hold upon her,- and hap- py is every one that retaineth her. Prov. ii. 10, n. When Wifdom entereth into thine Heart, and... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1748 - 412 pages
...religion, this is mentioned as the firft and principal, Length of days is in her right hand; and ^ 18. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her. And again, JVhofo findeth me, findeih life. But he that fmneth againft me, -wrongeth his cvinfoul ; thatis,... | |
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Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her. 
