 | 1611 - 360 pages
...fowler. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which havingno guide, overseer,or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little sleep,a little slumber, a little foldingof the hands to sleep: so shall thy poverty come as one that... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and Sloth. Proverbs. Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, and be wise: which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the...arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a little sfumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth,... | |
 | John Robinson (Schoolmaster) - 1804 - 190 pages
...Which, having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her focd in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard?...when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? Yet a little j/«j&, a little slumber, a little folding of the arms to sleep : So shall thy poverty come as one... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 262 pages
...Go to the Ant, thou Sluggard, consider her ways, and be wise : which having no guide, overseer, er ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth...hands to sleep. So shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Proverbs, chap. vith. One more quotation and I have done.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 428 pages
...O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out •of tby sleep? Yet a little sleep ; yet a little dumber ; a little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy...one that travelleth : and thy want as an armed man *. •? • But this is pnly a small part of the evils which persons of this description "brin^b'n... | |
 | Joseph Washburn, Asahel Hooker - 1807 - 388 pages
...thereof was broken down. Then I saw and considered it well, I looked upon it, and received instruction. Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding...hands, to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that travaileth, and thy want as an armed man." Such is the consequence of a slothful, delaying spirit,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 558 pages
...Foolish Virgins, their entrance ; Matt. xxv. 5. How long, then, a1/// f/iou sleep, O sluggard ? when witt thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep,...hand-s to sleep : so shall thy poverty come as one that tra•caileth, and thy want as an armed man. (c.) As for sports, when they take up so much time and... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pages
...sleepy devil, for he is as bad as any. When once you begin to cry, " A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep; so shall thy...travelleth, and thy want as an armed man," Prov. vi. 10, 11. I had long entertained a desire to live or labour under some family that feared God, as those... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...have their ease, and keep undisturbed, cost what it will. Hence says Solomon, Prov. vi. 9, 10, 11. ' How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou...little folding of the hands to sleep. So shall thy po» verty come as one that travelleth, and thy wants as an armed man.' But O what a risk is that,... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...hath nothing. (rf) Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep : and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. (e) How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard .' When wilt...thou arise out of thy sleep ? Yet a little sleep, a iittle slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : So shall thy poverty come. as one that travelleth... | |
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. 
