...not, they are only the mirage of the world's desert; that they are unsatisfactory — "for he that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase ; " that the possession of them is often attended with mortification, and a separation from them with...

...sensual enjoyments, is always attended with disappointment ; it does not equal the expectation. " He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase." Eccl. v. 10. "There be many," (viz. all the graceless multitude,) " that say, Who will show us any...

...; neither saith he, for whom dp I labor and bereave my soul of good; this is also vanity. -He that .loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. Woe unto them that join house to house, and lay field to field till there be no place, <fec. Let hot...

...the earth ? Even the states of kings cannot well subsist, without a due culture of the earth. V. 11. When goods increase, they are increased that eat them...there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding thereof with their eyes ? If a man have great store of lands, and much stock in his hands, there must...

...and to enjoy the good of all his labour." Of the very same thing, he observes in the same chapter, " When goods increase, they are increased that eat them ; and what good is there to the owners thereof, save the beholding of them with their eyes ? " In one place mirth is ranked with madness and folly...

...p. 18. If this boasting has any truth in it, he ought to be satisfied. But it is written, ' He that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance, with increase.' Let him remember this. He now announces three or four other works as forthcoming shortly. What these...

...augment his lust of more ; and the having of more, doth not satiate, but enlarge his desires. He, that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he, that loveth abundance, with increase ; Eccl. v. 10: but these celestial riches are so much more allective, as they are more excellent, than...

...augment his lust of more ; and the having of more, doth not satiate, but enlarge his desires. He, that loveth silver, shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he, that loveth abundance, with increase; Eccl. v. 10: but these celestial riches are so much more allective, as they are more excellent, than...

...silver ; nor he that loveth abundance with increase : this t> also vanity. 387 r Tke benefit ./a 11 f thy keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after lif ia there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of thct with their eyes? 13 The sleep of a labouring...

...away in his ways. 3 Riches are not for ever ; neither doth the crown endure to every generation. 4 When goods increase they are increased that eat them...thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes ? 5 Sometimes riches are kept for the owners thereof to their hurt : for those riches perish by evil...