...pertain the precious promises. " Woe to you that are rich, for ye have received your consolation." " Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you." Thus riches, though not a curse in themselves, yet, to depraved and corrupt nature, yield so many op....

...the precious pro* \ raises. " Woe to you that are rich, for ye have received your consolation." " Go, now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you." Thus riches, though not a curse in themselves, yet, to depraved and corrupt nature, yield so many opportunities,...

...pathos in his prophetic address tu the infidel Jews elated with worldly prosperity, " Go to now, >c rich men, weep and howl for your miseries, that shall come upon you," &c. The adverb " now" gives emphasis to the idiom — " attend without loss of a moment." Not one of...

...every man beside must fall. We find, therefore, the Apostle saying, in the beginning of this chapter, Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries, that shall come upon you. You must fall. A time is coming, when your riches shall profit you nothing. The Christian shall take...

...Juste, qui ne vous résistait point. 7 Mais vous, mes frères, atCHAP. V. Of teicked rick men, Ce. GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall corne upon you. 2 Your riches are corruptedr and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver...

...from the womb, and- from the conception." Riches corrupt whilst the coveteous man 'accumulates them: " Go. to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall cotne upon you ; your riches are corrupted,- your garments are moth-eaten, your gold and silver is...

...0 hear with solemn attention, the sentence of provoked justice and abused mercy denounced upon you. Go to now ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall eome upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments moth-eaten. Four gold and silver is cankered,...

...themselves " treasures " on earth, where moth and rust corrupt.]: St. James even more explicitly : " Go to now, ye rich men ; weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. * Persia had great wardrobes, where there were always many hundred habits, sorted, ready for presents...

...him that knoweth to do good, and doeth /,' not, to him it is sin. CHAP. V. Of wicked rich men, fyc. GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. 2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and...

...now, for ye shall mourn and weep," Luke vi. 24, 25; and call upon you as the apostle James does, " Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you," James v. 1 ; and again, " Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep ; let your laughter be turned to mourning,...