| Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 520 pages
...bridleth not his tongue, " but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain." And again, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a " perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." " By " thy words," saith our Saviour, " shaltthou be justified, and " by thy words shalt thou be condemned."... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. — James i. 19. 26. 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, &c. The ships, though great, &c. yet are they turned about... | |
| John Walters - 1828 - 682 pages
...Ili knows hoK to bridle hit passions, and subdue them, Efe a fedr reoli ei wyniau, a'n darostwng. ¡f any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body, Od oes neb heb lithro ar air, gwr perffaith yw hwnnw, yn gallu ffrwyno'r holl sorph hefycl. / tcíü... | |
| 1829 - 448 pages
...masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole... | |
| James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...that we 3 of the tongue. shall receive the greater condemnation : for in many 2 things we offend all. 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 3 in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 778 pages
...Resolved, to make sure of that sign, which the Apostle James gives, of a perfect man : James iii. 2. " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able, also, to bridle the whole body. Friday afternoon, July 19. 1 Peter, ii. 18. Servants, be subject to your masters, with all fear ; not... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - 1829 - 444 pages
...masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and ahle also to hndle thewh.ií hody. г 3 Behold, we put hits in tithorses' mouths, that they к: ohey... | |
| Edward Augustus Holyoke - 1830 - 224 pages
...Talking, &,c. are injurious to ourselves, and our own Reputation. The Apostle James tells us, that "if any Man offend not in Word, the same is a perfect...Man, and able also to bridle the whole Body." The Meaning of which probably is, that one who is so Attentive to his Conduct and Conversation, as to have... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 792 pages
...are full of words, in all companies ; and to make sure of that mark of a perfect man, given by James, "If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able, also, to bridle the whole body." He was sensible, that " in the multitude of words, there wanteth not sin ;" and therefore refrained... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 622 pages
...enough to prove his religion vain. By an unbridled tongue is not meant all the sins of our speech: " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. For in many things we offend all." (Jam. iii. 2.) Every unwarrantable jest, or angry word, or hasty,... | |
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