Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long? and to him that loads himself with many pledges!
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Richard Challoner
AD 1781
Thick clay: Ill-gotten goods, that, like mire, both burden and defile the soul.