Dearth; or Pain the End of Sinful Pleasure
Bishop Cowper. Luke 15:11-32 And he said, A certain man had two sons:… The end of sinful pleasure is pain, the wealth of worldlings ends in fearful want. As the image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream had an head of gold, but feet of clay; so the glorious show of this miserable life of sinful men concludes with shame. The plenty which Egypt had in seven years was eaten up by the seven years of famine following it. The pleasant river of Jordan is at length swallowed up by the salt sea, or loach of Sodom. (Bishop Cowper.) Parallel Verses KJV: And he said, A certain man had two sons: WEB: He said, "A certain man had two sons.