...summary, iiniM.il it might be thought rather a sarcastic answer, when he says, ' The slothful man saitli, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets.' It must, however, certainly be admitted, that the difficulties attaching to missions are what our objectors...

...upon his legs, that he cannot move them in the way of God : Prov. xxvi. 13. " The flothful man faith, There is a lion in the way." " A lion is in the ftreets, yet his feet are fwift to evil," Ifa. lix. 7. This band is fo heavy on his head, that he cannot...

...of one that has hardly common sense ; he is afoot IS of (tod's making, the otlie" makes himself so. The slothful [man] saith ; [There is} a lion in the way, a lion [is] in the streets i thut idle people frighten themselves from business ; raise imaginary difficulties and aggrmwte real...

...-feb....Seeft thou a man wife in his own conceit ? is more hope of a fool than of him. Thefaothful man faith, There is a lion in the Way, a lion is in the ftreets. \ • ,' The llotht'ul hideth his hand in hit bofom ; and as the doorturneth upon bis hinges,...

...13. The slothiVJ man Saith, there is a lion v/ithout. I shall be slain in the streets. Ch. xxvi. 13. There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets. Prov. xxiv. 30. I went by the fit-Id of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understandmg...

...strong language ' — ' The slothful saith, There is a lion in the ' way ; as a door turneth on its hinges, so doth the ' slothful upon his bed ; the...his hand in his bosom, it grieveth him to bring it a' gain to his mouth.' All which is parabolicafly condemned by the ' greater than Solomon *' — '...

...makes them fancy more difficulties and hazards in mortification than indeed there are? Prov. xxvi. 13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets : it is a very unlikely thing, that a lion" should be in the street ; yet this his sloth suggests to...

...be so wise and virtuous, that he despises his betters, and thinks he is above instruction. Ver. 13. The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the -way, a lion is in the stretts."] He that hath no mind to labour, never wants pretences for his idleness ; for his fancy represents...

...unfit for the business of life : fearful, and ready to shrink from every difficulty. Pror. xxvi. 13. " The slothful man saith there is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets." They are empty of all true, useful, or agreeable knowledge. Though at the same time, they are conceited...

...Beside the multitude of imaginary difficulties, which/ appears to the slothful man, when he says, " There is a lion in the way, a lion is in the streets m;" there are some real difficulties, in the way to the heavenly felicity. Believers, as well as other...