| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 strani
...them, we must certainly leave them at death, for then we can carry nothing away. The rich man, that is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day, may be looked up to with envy while he lives; but the first moment after he is dead, he is poorer than... | |
| William Law - 1817 - 208 strani
...great power and ability in this kingdom of grace, not because he happens to be born of noble parents, is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day, but because he has happened to be made a scholar, has run through all languages and histories, has... | |
| 1902 - 742 strani
...speculators, the Russells and the Bentincks, the Cecils, the Portmans and the Grosvenors, and the rest, have had for a long period a ring, or corner, in the...of permanently, the fund which helps him comes, not frcm i 9 o2. The South African Conspiracy. 177 the pockets of those who grow wealthy from his want,... | |
| 1847 - 390 strani
...eternity ? See that lover of pleasure, who has retired from business, and reared a magnificent palace, and is " clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day ;" will he ever be persuaded to build for eternity? That rich and prosperous owner of all the farms... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 450 strani
...distinctions of rank are but of short duration. Death will soon level the high with the low. He who is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day, shall soon wear a shroud, and lie down in the earth, no less a prey to corruption, than he who, in... | |
| Sermons - 1825 - 406 strani
...the eye of reason and religion, than he, who, without tbis qualification, boasts a proud birth, and is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day. I think I have now shewn that, by cherishing a love for one another, in imitation of the love which... | |
| Henry Scawen Plumptre - 1833 - 224 strani
...ranked among the honourable men of the earth ; that he holds an exalted station in society ; that he is " clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day ;" he is an abomination in the sight of his Maker ; he walks upon the earth under the just judgment... | |
| 1834 - 588 strani
...righteous and none else would be the objects of his temporal benefactions. But it is the bad man that is clothed in purple and fine linen and fares sumptuously every day, and the good Lazarus that lies in rags at his gate. To show that God is no respecter of persons in... | |
| Pennsylvania Hall Association (Philadelphia, Pa.), Samuel Webb - 1838 - 222 strani
...of LazarusTand the rich man'we may well bring home to ourselves. The North is that rich man. How he is clothed in purple and fine linen, and fares sumptuously every day ! Yonder, YONDER, at a little distance, is the gate where lies the Lazarus of the South, full of sores,... | |
| Edward Dorr Griffin - 1839 - 636 strani
...look ; yet that same poor man holds a higher place in the heart of God than the pampered wretch who is clothed in purple and fine linen and fares sumptuously every day. To advance in the world is to grow in riches, honors, and human science ; to make progress in the kingdom... | |
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