| George Duffield - 1820 - 24 pages
...executes the threat. Wo to him that covetheth an evu covetousness to his house, that he may set hi» nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power...cutting off many people and hast sinned against thy eoul. For the «tone shall cry out of 18 the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.... | |
| Arminianism - 1859 - 1200 pages
...them prove them to be a refuge of lies. " Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil." Such is man's vain imagination, that by wealth he may set his nest on high, where the ills of life... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - Bible - 1823 - 146 pages
...and his house, even a man and his heritage.Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousuess to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil.- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant,... | |
| John Mason - Christian life - 1824 - 340 pages
...attained. According to the prophet's words, ' Woe to him who coveteth an evil covetousuess to his house, that he may set his nest on high ; that he may be...from the power of evil ! Thou hast consulted shame to thine house, by cutting off many people ; and bast sinned against thy soul ;' Hab. ii. 9, 10. Now no... | |
| sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...(z) all that dwell " therein. 9. Woe to him (a) that co" veteth an evil covetousness to his " house, that he may set his nest on " high, that he may be delivered from " the power of evil. 10. Thou (Z>) " hast consulted shame (c) to thy house " by cutting off many people, and hast " sinned... | |
| Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...Take heed and beware of covetousnessk." "Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evili." O what deserving servants hath the world, that will serve it so diligently, so constantly,... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...of all that dwell therein. .is. 9 ^[ Woe to him that r * coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the t power of evil ! 10 Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off* many people, and hast sinned... | |
| John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...that are at ease in Zion. HAB. ii. 9 : Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil. See on 1 TIM. vi. 9. 2 MAT. vi. 2, 5, 16: They have their reward. LUKE, xvi. 25 : But Abraham said,... | |
| Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 664 pages
...Take heed and beware of covetous" nessk." "Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil l." O what deserving servants hath the world, that will serve it so diligently, so constantly, and... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 722 pages
...so : Woe, saith the prophet Habakkuk, woe be to him who coveteth an evil covetous-ness to his house; that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil. Men, he implies, imagine by getting riches, they have secured and raised themselves above the reach... | |
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