...for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven, and tlmn, on earth ; therefore let thy words be few. Prov, xv. 8. 29> The sacrifice of the wicked is an...

...careful not to express more than we feel. Be not ras/ with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ¡for God is in heaven...and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. Long prayers are hardly ever so ac ceptable as short ones;- if the language made use of is simple clear,...

...Prayers: A SERMON ON ECCLESIASTES V. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,...and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. \VE have here the wisest of men instructing us how to behave ourselves before God in his own house;...

...for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven and thou upon earth. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not pay. If thou doest well,...

...when employed in the Kin-ski ji of God ? Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thon upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. (5 Ec. 2.) 11. Is the government of the tongue a test...

...they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and ' let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." (Eccles. v. 1, 2.) Had you any momentous business to transact with persons of high rank and dignity...

...regard to what we address to our Maker — "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." It would be easy to add to this precept passages of scripture almost without end, all conspiring to...

...binding upon us. The Scripture says, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few." THE WXTOH OF ENDOR 1 SAMUEL XXVIII. THE late death of Samuel, and the disgrace and flight of David,...

...consider not that they do evil. T [2] Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. * Solomon, having before intimated, though very briefly, that the only cure against human vanity, is...

...simple and sublime utterance (full of instruction, surely, on the whole theme I am dealing with) is, 'God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few.' Eccles. v. 2. For another example under this class see how Habakkuk's sublime words are tortured, Thou...