 | 1850 - 704 pages
...Be not rash with thy mouth," says the Preacher, " and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." This caution implies a just sentiment of reverence for holy things. It excludes " vain repetitions,"... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 492 pages
...his immediate presence no access is permitted. Our warmest devotion admits no familiarity with him. God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore, let thy words be Jew. If his omniscience administers comfort in our secret distress, it likewise fills with awe the... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...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... | |
 | 1823 - 570 pages
...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,... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - 618 pages
...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;... | |
 | 1822 - 500 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...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... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...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... | |
 | David Osgood - 1824 - 486 pages
...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,... | |
 | Charles Haddon Spurgeon - 1954 - 452 pages
...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... | |
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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. 
