 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 660 pages
...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... | |
 | William Jones - 1810 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 600 pages
...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... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 416 pages
...self-applause and legal pride that puffs him up and spurs him forward. Hence the warning and advice; " My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we...greater condemnation; for in many things we offend all," James iii. 1. But these masters do nothing else but offend. These are some of the nuts which are hard... | |
 | 1811 - 394 pages
...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 able also to bridle the whole body." As the thoughts we entertain of ourselves influence us in judging of others, the man who designs no... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 450 pages
...preceding the text, and manifestly connected with it : " My brethren, be not many Masters (or teachers) knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all :" We ! Who ? Not the Apostles, nor true believers ; but they who knew they should receive the greater... | |
 | Edward Davies - 1811 - 438 pages
...charge — My brethren, be not many masters — WOAAOJ SiSa,mx,xm — many teachers of systems — knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation : for in many things we offend all. (Jam. iii. 1, 2.) — We are all liable to err, if we indulge in private speculations. •' .••'... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...except he strive lawfully;" for men to combine and strive in this manner is altogether unbecoming. " Be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation ;" this strife is unlawful, and in this sense, the servant of the Lord must not strive. Secondly, We... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...knowledge, spareth his words, and taketh heed to his ways, that he offend not with his tongue. (o) If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole. body. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (p) Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue,... | |
 | T. T., Christian parent - 1812 - 248 pages
...—Repeat that remarkabre passage about the tongue, in St. James. A. — <c If any man oflfeml not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body.... | |
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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. 
