 | 1611 - 360 pages
...whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth in to his neighbour's... | |
 | Thomas Haweis - 1803 - 344 pages
...you, if you aie true-hearted, very careful to "abstain from all approaches to evil. [ 1 Thess. v. 22.] Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned ?" [Prov. vi. 27.] No more may^ou presume to put yourself intothe M^ay of temptation. The vices... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...of her Cod. Lust not after her beauty in thine heart : neither let her take thee with her eyelids. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not Jbe burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ? For the lips of a strange woman... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 394 pages
...unhurt, to confute a poor Manichsean doctor who could not perform the same exploit. Rufinus Vit. Patrum. Helles, another monk of those days, would carry fire...with a view to what is said, Prov. vi. 27. ' Can a mas take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt ?' But Solomon, as well as Bernard, * non... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...adulteress will hunt for the precious life ; she 27 not only defrays the estate, but health and life itself. Can a man. .take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned '. at lease 28 blackened, which a -wise man wouldnot choose. Can one go upon 29 hot coals, and... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and the adulteress will hunt for the precious Jife. 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...deceived as if he were to imagine that he could throw himself into the mire, and yet not be defiled. Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt ? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt? Let him who makes the experiment beware of... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 566 pages
...fly about you ; what is this, but most desperate boldness and presumption ? What says the Wise Man, Prov. vi. 27 ? Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt? Can a man ran himself upon such occasions of sin, and not run also into the commission of sin ? As... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...whnrish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. c burned ? 28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ? 29 So he that goeth in to his neighbour's... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 578 pages
...warns us to avoid those things that teiul and expose us to sin ; especially the siu of uncleanness. Prov. vi. 27. " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothestnot be burnt ? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt ? So, whosoever toucheth... | |
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? 
