Bible Encyclopedia: Riches: Labour not For

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God's Training
... said our Lord, 'how hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of
heaven.' Not those who earn riches by manful and honest labour; not those who ...
/.../kingsley/discipline and other sermons/sermon iv gods training.htm

On Riches
... 7. Such a tendency have riches to beget and nourish every temper that is ... Who as
willingly endure labour or pain now, as you did when you were not worth five ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 108 on riches.htm

Again on the Words of the Gospel, Matt. xi. 28, "Come unto Me, all ...
... true wisdom, but for the sake of riches, and the ... The sufferings of this present time
are not worthy to be ... things which are hard to those who labour, lose their ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon xx again on the.htm

Different Passages from the Writings of Solomon against Accidie.
... a stranger to the contemplation of God, and to spiritual riches, of which ... lazy slumber
or by accidie, prefers to be clothed, not by his labour and industry ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxi different passages from.htm

On the Danger of Increasing Riches
... It will not be any protection, either against the wrath of God, or ... By whatsoever
means thy riches increase, whether with or without labour; whether by ...
/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 126 on the danger.htm

Always Abounding in the Work of the Lord
... labour is not vain in the Lord.' I have spoken more than once of the mighty influence
that the certainty of reward for work, in the shape of wages or riches, ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/murray/working for god/xiii always abounding in the.htm

The Sluggard's Garden
... scarcely do justice to this saying of the wise if we do not see in ... shalt eat bread';
and it condemns all swift modes of getting riches without labour. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/the sluggards garden.htm

Of the Zealous Amendment of Our Whole Life
... the land and thou shalt be fed(1) with its riches. ... amendment, even the dread of
difficulty, or the labour of the ... 4. But all men have not the same passions to ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xxv of the zealous.htm

On Admonition and Repentance.
... If thou art in need of food, yet thy mind longs for riches; thy distress is ... Cease
not from labour, not even though thou be rich, for the slothful man gains ...
/.../hymns and homilies of ephraim the syrian/on admonition and repentance.htm

To Confirm what Has Been Said Above About Rewards and Punishments. ...
... They have the profit of labour, but not the fruits of virtue. They love their ease;
by cunning and wickedness they heap up riches; but they will pay the ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xvi to confirm what.htm