...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,...

...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....

...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...

...wan sickness. Honesty confronts fraud. Every class of people meets every other class. Independence and modesty, pride and humility, purity and beastliness,...position you have gained in society, you are nothing but a man, born of the same parent, regenerated by the same Spirit, cleansed in the same blood, to...

...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...

...fupport and happinefs of human life. Neither clafs, without the other, could comfortably fubfift. " The rich and the poor meet together : the Lord is the maker of them all." God beftows an abundance on fome, not for their fakes only, but alfo for the fake of the poor...