| Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 418 sider
...designs they are warmly engaged ; but on the one thing needful they scarcely bestow a thought. They rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, that they may obtain the meat which perishes ; but for that meat which endures to eternal life they... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 sider
...But the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep." " It is vain," says the Psalmist, " to rise up early and sit up late and eat the bread of sorrows ; for it is God who giveth his beloved. sleep." It is the Apostle's advice, " Be angry and... | |
| 1846 - 612 sider
...light and truth that radiate from his holy hill, how utterly contemptible is all the toil of those who rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, merely that they may heap up treasure for the moth, and spoil for the thief. Lord ! let it not be so... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 sider
...righteousness, we ought not to he surprised that there is so little peace and joy on earth, and that men "rise up early and sit up late, and eat the bread of sorrows " (Ps. cxxvii. 2), and so go on until death. It would seem à priori to be the most natural... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 570 sider
...subjects. For certain it is, men do more to get a little money than for all the glories of heaven : men rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, to become richer than their neighbours; and are amazed at every loss, and impatient of an evil accident,... | |
| Job Orton - 1816 - 148 sider
...comfortable. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. It is in vain to rise up early, and sit up late and eat the bread of carefulness, without his favour." Wisdom to contrive, health to labour, reputation, credit and success, are all... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 588 sider
...subjects. For certain it is, men do more to get a little money than for all the glories of heaven : men me up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of carefulness, to become richer than their neighbours ; and are amazed at every loss, and impatient of an evil accident,... | |
| 1819 - 576 sider
...good pleasure." Should any one object to diligence in that which is good, by saying, "Why should I rise up early, and sit up late, and eat the bread of sorrows, since my designs may be thwarted, and all my labour may be in vain?" I would reply, in the... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 658 sider
...subjects. For certain it is, men do more to get a little money than for all the glories of heaven : men ' rise up early,' and ' sit up late,' and ' eat the bread of carefulness,' to become richer than their neighbours ; and are amazed at every loss, and impatient of an evil accident,... | |
| Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 650 sider
...subjects. For certain it is, men do more to get a little money than for all the glories of heaven : men ' rise up early,' and ' sit up late,' and ' eat the bread of carefulness,' to become richer than their neighbours ; and are amazed at every loss, and impatient of an evil accident,... | |
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