...tkem, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them (Prov. i. 32). Hence Paul admonishes, saying, They that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as though they used it not (i Cor. vii. 3o). So may the things that are supplied to us be of service to...

...for imposing effect, but wretched within. Explaining this more clearly, he adds, " It remains that they that have wives be as though they had none, and they that buy as though they possessed not." 2 And if he speaks thus of marriage, in reference to which God says,...

...vessels to uncleanness." Then he adds,* " But this I say, brethren, the time is short ; it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none." And again, going on and challenging them to the same things, he confirmed his statement, powerfully supporting...

...ought stedfastly to hope for. Which thing Paul well expresses briefly, saying, They that have wives as though they had none, and they that weep as though they wept iwtt anil they that rejoice as though they reJoiced not (i Cor. vii, 29, 3o). For he has a wife as...

...apostle again warns us, and says, " And they that buy, as though they bought not ; and they that possess, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as though they used it not. For the fashion of this world passeth away,"1 Peter also, to whom the Lord...

...speaks to the Corinthians when he writes: "But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had...for the fashion of this world passeth away" (1 Cor. 7:29—31). This was what, in his measure, Baruch needed to learn. God was about to bring the then...