 They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.  The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked! - Page 330by John Wade - 1820Full view - About this book
 | Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...repeat the same lesson ? Why do the wicked live, increase in riches, shine in honours, riot in luxury? "Their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart could wish," while " his people return hither, and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them." God's own image,... | |
 | John Flavel - Meditations - 1824 - 416 pages
...particulars. 1. The beasts for slaughter have the fattest pastures; so have the ungodly in the world ; " Their eyes stand out with fatness ; they have more than heart could wish.'' " Their hearts are as fat as grease." These be they that take off the cream of earthly enjoyments,... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...otiirr men. Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wish, Peal, luiii. 3—7. Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches,... | |
 | John Scott - Sermons, English - 1826 - 538 pages
...satisfactions. TJiere are no bands in their death, as the Psalmist expresses it, but their strength is firm: they are not in trouble like other men, neither are...Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than their heart could wish. These are they who prosper in the world, and increase in riches. Psalm Ixxiii.... | |
 | Religion - 1829 - 396 pages
...for the God of heaven to stoop to such sinners as they. But it is not apt to be so with the rich. " They are not in trouble like other men ; neither are they plagued like other men ; therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain, and violence covereth them as with a garment."... | |
 | John Tripp - Future punishment - 1829 - 122 pages
...death ; but their strength is firm. They are not in trouble a* other men ; neither are they plagued as other men — Their eyes stand out with fatness ;. they have more than heart could wish." Psalm LXX1II. 3,7; also Psalm XC1I. 7. Our Lord represents Abraham as saying to the rich sinner, "... | |
 | Bible - 1829 - 1012 pages
...other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they speak loftily. 9 They set their... | |
 | Alexander Campbell, Charles Louis Loos - Bethany (W. Va.) - 1841 - 612 pages
...trust in the Lord, and observe, '-These tire not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued as other men; their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart can wish; they say, How doth God know, and is there knowledge in the Most Highl Behold there are the... | |
 | Elisha Coles - Grace (Theology) - 1831 - 314 pages
...strong his heart was lifted up to destruction," 2 Chron. 26:16. Some there be that are not in trouble like other men; their eyes stand out with fatness; they have more than heart can wish, &c. But are they bettered by it? no; " pride compasaeth them about like a chain, and they... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Sermons, English - 1831 - 444 pages
...some persons, (and those least deserving good fortune,) ' They are inclosed in their own fat' — ' Their eyes stand out with fatness ; they have more than heart could wish ?' And whence doth this difference come, but from God's hand ? 'Who,' as the Apostle asketh, ' maketh... | |
| |
