...and thorny, to the other beaten and expedite. And again, ' The slothful man,' saith he, ' doth say, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets :' he is very apt to conceit, or to pretend imaginary difficulties and hazards, and thence to be deterred...

...their pampered nature, as a hedge of thorns. They will not plow by reason of cold; or they will say there is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Now where there is this feeling as to public duty, there is usually a great degree of negligence with...

...Irish poor, which, he truly describes as amounting to the exclamation of Solomon's slothful man ; " There is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets," Mr. Maxwell thus proceeds to cheer the spirits of his brethren in the work of faithful protestation,...

...slothful killeth him. for his hands refuse to labour. Ch. xiii.4. xxii. 13. The slotliful mansaith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the .way, a lion is in the streets. xxiv. 30—32. I went by the field...

...killeth him 1 for his hands refuse to labour. [Prov. xxi. 25. 40 IDLENEss-,"I1iOLATRY. The slothful man saith, there is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. [Prov.xxli. 1s. Drowsiness shall cover a man with rags. [Prov, xxiii. 21. By much slothfulness the...

...meaning first mentioned, we may properly refer among other passages to Prov. 22 : 13. "The slothful man saith, there is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets." Here the Hebrew verb RATZAH is used in the passive form. But this certainly, the death occasioned by...

...exertion — What indecision ! What delay ! What reluctance ! What apprehension ! The slothful man says, ' there is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets.' ' The way of a slothful man is as a hedge of thorns.' Take him with regard to health — What sluggishness...

...exertion — What indecision ! What delay ! What reluctance ! What apprehension ! The slothful man says, ' there is a lion without ; I shall be slain in the streets.' ' The way of a slothful man is as a hedge of thorns.' Take him with regard to health — What sluggishness...

...exertion : what indecision 1 what delay I what reluctance t what apprehension 1 The slothful man says, "There Is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets." " The way of the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns, but the way of the righteous is made plain."...

...will be your Guide, Comforter, and Portion. Will you, then, act in agreement with that proverb — " There is a lion without: I shall be slain in the streets?" THE COLLECT. " Lord, we beseech Thee, grant Thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world,...