DISCOURSE: 800 THE CONSEQUENCE OF SLOTH Proverbs 20:4. _The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold: therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing_. ARGUMENTS from analogy, when the analogy itself is just, are easy of apprehension, and well calculated to convince the mind: and one distin... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 801 TRUE PIETY IS RARE Proverbs 20:6. _Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness; but a faithful man who can find?_ IF we were to apply to every individual of mankind for his own character, and to form our estimate of the world from the aggregate report, we should soon find, that... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 802 NO ABSOLUTE PERFECTION HERE BELOW Proverbs 20:9. _Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?_ THE great characteristic of the Proverbs is wisdom; as that of the Psalms is piety. They were the result of much thought and observation: and the instructions contained... [ Continue Reading ]