...to rest at quiet unless they have prejudiced or stumbled some one or other. " They sleep not unless they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall," The brutal fondness of these apes brought to my mind the way in which an hypocrite deceives and plunders...

...avoiding the foolish, the giddy, the wicked, as in causing the godly. Enter not in the way of wicked men ; avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. And above all, pray to God to guide you in the right way ; fo bless you in the company you chuse ;...

...1 9. 63, (a) PnY. 1, 10,5. Pror. »4. :i. Prov. a», »5. (£) Enter not in the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men; avoid it, pass...For they sleep not, except they have done mischief. (c) My soul, oome not thou into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united....

...companions. " My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not : enter not into the path of the wicked, go not in the way of evil men, avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, pass away ; for they sleep not, except they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away, unless...

...men of low degree are vanity." For this cause it is said, " Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men ; avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." Can a man associate with such as delight in scorning and hate knowledge ; who rejoice to do evil and...

...quarrel, <Sfc.] This reminds one of Prov. iv. 16. — " For they (the wicked and evil men, ver. 14.) sleep not, except " they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they " cause sOHMB to fal1." 282. Wicked from yean.] Improbus also signifies le\yd, rash, •violent, presumptuous....

...whose service is corruption, and whose wages is death. Enter not, then, into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. 2. The effects of sinful indulgence, wliich make its relinquish ment so difficult, are, that it perverts...

...flesh or of the mind, liie would be an insupportable burden to them. " Evil men," saith Solomon, " sleep not, except they have done mischief : and their...sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall °." Ah ! How inexpressibly dreadful is the condition of that man, to whose heart it is a pleasure,...

...thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall." Instead of going as near as may be to the enchanted ground, "Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away." Be jealous of all novelties in religion, and whatever would throw into shade the distinguishing doctrines...

...shall not know peace. Pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. They sleep not, except they have done mischief; and...sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood....