 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...religious. It is an observation of St. James, already taken notice of. If any " man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, ,but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain." And the truth of that observation is confirmed by what has been said... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...the work, this man shall be blessed in his (e) deed. If (/) any man among you seem to be reli gious, and bridleth not his tongue but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion iâ vain. Pure religion (g), and undefiled before word, like a glass, shews him his defeas, and be... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" " If, therefore, any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." — Is there not, Christians, a peculiar energy in such exhortations as these? " Love as brethren :... | |
 | Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...greatest «(ress, as necessary to salvation. 3. But St. James tells us, that "if any man among us seems to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain j" and that " pure religion, and undefiled before God and the Father is... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1817 - 474 pages
...interpretation here given of it. The words I mean mean are these : " If any man among you," says he, " seem to be religious, and bridleth '' not his tongue, but deceiveth his own " heart, that man's religion is vain *." Here, you see, is a specification of one particular point (that of... | |
 | Edward Atkyns Bray - 1818 - 458 pages
...finally terminate in benefit. 380 SERMON XXXVII. FROM BUTLER*. JAMES i. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. THE import of the text, which is rather ambiguous in the translation, may be thus stated ; he who fancies... | |
 | Ambrose Serle - 1818 - 316 pages
...wretchedness and ruin. The apostle hath a striking hint for professors of religion : If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue , but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is What is our end in religious conversation ? If we speak without a purpose, surely it is folly. If we... | |
 | Thomas Smith Webb - 1818 - 318 pages
...in all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted. If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth" not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and undcnled, before God and the Father, is this : To vifit... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...the tongue is at once of the greatest importance and greatest difficulty. IF any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain *. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in... | |
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If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 
