 | Barnaby (Uncle.) - 1799 - 374 Seiten
...beg of God to set a watch before our mouth, and to keep the door of our lips, Psa. cxli. 3 ; and, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the wholt body," James iii. 2. FRANK.—O uncle, I begin to fear that the character of an inoffensive man... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 544 Seiten
...member of the body, is yet of such great effect, that to govern the tongue is to govern the whole man. " If any man offend not in word, the " same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle " the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the " horses mouths, that they may obey us, and " we turn about their whole... | |
 | Samuel Wright - 1802 - 236 Seiten
...lips, and to order their words aright. According to St James, If any mem offend not in Chap. iii. z. word, the same is a perfect man, and "able also to bridle the whole body. Renewing grace will teach a man to take heed that he sin not with liis tongue; but rather Ps. xxxix.... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1806 - 448 Seiten
...is considered, in scripture, as an evidence of high attainments in virtue. Hence our Apostle says, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." The tongue has an influence upon ah the humah movements ; and he who regulates this with wisdom and... | |
 | 1806 - 416 Seiten
...the tongue. David declares, " I am purposed, that my mouth shall not transgress;" James asserts, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body ;" and, on the same principle, Paul exhorts, " Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 Seiten
...masters, knowing that we shall receive ^c greater condemnation. 2 For in many thmgs we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. S Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole... | |
 | 1808 - 512 Seiten
...Timothy, and which he often gave to his sons, " Speak evil of no man." And we know who hath said " If a man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and also to bridle the whole body." As the thoughts we entertain of ourselves influence us in judging of... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 536 Seiten
...sign the Apostle James gives of a perfect man, James iii. 2. If any man offend not in -word, the tame is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Monday, July 22. I see there is danger of my being drawn into transgression by a fear of seeming uncivil,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 Seiten
...is considered, in scripture, as an evidence of high attainments in virtue. Hence our Apostle says, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." o AINT James, in this chapter, gives us an animated description of the mischiefs produced in the world... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 Seiten
...of your Christian brethren, or encourages vice among the looser part of mankind. St. James says, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." David resolved, " I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : 1 will keep my mouth... | |
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he confessed he had been all that time studying it, but had not learned to fulfil it. "If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 
