...shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks,...generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, And herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, And the goats...

...^PfiW.;TrTn.:froint verfe 23. to r, and diligence in it/"; frugally; the end. Be ;thou dUigetat to knowdie ftate of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever,— Eccl.ii. 24. There is nothing; better for a man, than that he Ihould eat and drink, and that he ihould...

...remarkable that fome Shepherds will know every Sheep in very large Flocks merely by their Faces. V. 24. For Riches are not for ever : and doth the Crown endure to every Generation ? J 11-1(1) TllS It: DN1 — pn oW? vh »3] Rather FOR RICHES are NOT FOR EVER; NEITHER SURELY ARE...

...•depart from him, 23 q Be thoit diligent to know the ftate of thy flocks, *nd look well to thy herds. 24 For riches are not for ever : and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grafs fheweth itfelf, and herbs of the mountains are gathered....

...some few things which seem to me necessary, 1 am sure you will find very useful and conducive to it. ' Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds,' was the advice of the wisest man and the richest king, and for a very good reason which he gives, '...

...when she is old. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest, yea heshall.give delight ufctothy soul. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Commit thy works unto...

...chiding add rebukes, and blow», yet they will have no good effect nfion euch an 23 obstinate creature. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, [and] look -well to thy herds. Лп admirable rule, not only for husbandmen, but for all matter* and mistresses : they »hould 24...

...mistresses : they should 24 look to their affairs themselves, and not trust to servants. For riches [arc] not for ever : and doth the crown [endure] to every generation ? The greatest plenty and the largest estate may be lost for want of prudence and good economy ; even a 35...

...denied the faith and is worfe than an infidel. q Prov. 27. 13 . «?. Be then diligent to know the (late of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds ; for riches are not for ever, &c — Eccl. 3 u, 13. I know that theie is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice and to do good...

...are not a lasting possession. Prov. xxiii. 5 . Riches make themselves wings and fly away. xxvii. 24. Riches are not for ever, and doth the crown endure to every generation ? 1 Cor. vi. 13. Matt. vi. 19. They are treasures which moth and rust do corrupt, and which thievei...