...rather to be chosen than great riches, And loving favour rather than silver and gold. The rich and poor meet together: The Lord is the maker of them all. A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: But the simple pass on, and are punished. By humility and the fear of the Lord Are...

...walketh in his Uprightnef?, than he that is perverfe io his Ways, though he be rich. Prav. xxii. 2. The Rich and the Poor meet together : The Lord is the Maker of them all. Prov. xviii. n. The rich Man's Wealth is his ftrong City, and as an high Wall in his own ConH...

...them. They may be defpifed by the rich and great, but they are not neglected by him who made them ; " The rich and the poor meet together : the " Lord is the maker of them all f." The A-- poftle James, addreffing himfelf to the rich, • 1C. lii. i. See alfo ch. xxxv. 4....

...called by rhetoricians an apofiopefis. Mr. Saurin gives tv/o examples of the fame kind : Prov. xxii. z. The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all. This propofition, the Lord is the maker of them all, is one. of L tbofe There are texts of reafoning,...

...ever. The Lord alfo will be a Defenfe for the Oppreffed: Even a Refuge in due time of Trouble. LESSON LESSON II. The Rich and the Poor meet together : The Lord is the Maker of them all. A prudent Man foreleeth the Evilvand hidetb him 1 elf: But the Simple. pats on and are puhilhcd. He that opprefieth...

...22. for poverty and riches are both in the hand of God, and he disposes of them at his pleasure; Tht rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the maker of them. e/A both rich and poor; not the maker of them as men, though he is, which •* an observation any оне...

...the same block, in the same street, in the same city. Oh! that is what Solomon meant when he said: "The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all." I like this democratic principle of the Gospel of Jesus Christ which recognizes the fact that...

...cum cis ioa The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous ; but the way of the ungodly fliall perifli. The rich and the poor meet together ; the Lord is the maker of them all. •" Be not hafty in thy fpirit to be angry ; for anger refleth in the bofom of the foolilh. A...

...eq,ualit£ as, a . fource! of piety. Thi5 is th'6 meaning meaning of the wife man in the words,of the text, "The rich and the poor meet together* the Lord is the maker of them all." Let us enter into the matter. We fuppofc two truths, and do not attempt to prove them. Firft,...

...gold, nor all the forces of strength. Prov. xi. 4. Uiches profit not in the day of wrath. xxii. 2. The rich and the poor meet together, the Lord is the maker of them all. Ezek. vii. 18. Their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the...