DISCOURSE: 470
AGAINST HYPOCRISY
Job 20:4. _Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon
earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the
hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the
heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; yet he shall peris... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 471
THE EMPTINESS OF EARTHLY POSSESSIONS
Job 20:22. _In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits_.
MEN universally, by nature, seek their happiness in earthly things:
and though they meet with continual disappointment, they will
persevere in the same unprofitable course, “sp... [ Continue Reading ]