 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 638 pages
...his religion vain; •• !-"* • By an unbridled tongue is not meant all the sins of o\if 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,... | |
 | 1830 - 854 pages
...covetousnees, pride, envy, blasphemy." Our next guard must be on our lips ; for, as St. James says, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle his whole body." The fact is, our conversation gives us our character, even more than our actions.... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 784 pages
...full of words, in all companies ; and to make sure of that mark of a perfect man, given hy James, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and ahle, also, to hridle the whole hody." He was sensihle, that " in the multitude of words, there wanteth... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1831 - 788 pages
...not understand, that strong assertion of the Apostle, who, speaking in the Spirit of the Lord, says, If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. (James iii. 2.) " But to leave these reflections, and return to what I «ras about to say. I have given... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." Again ; the same writer tells us, «* If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." A Christian, it seems, should not be stationary, but advancing. It is his duty and privilege to " grow... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - 1831 - 328 pages
...fierce winds, yet they arc turned by a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a Uttle fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, in is the tongue among our members,... | |
 | 1853 - 1142 pages
...there is in human nature to use this powei for evil, we may apprehend the meaning of these words, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man and able to bridle the whole body." — James iii. 2. Ilaving thus considered the tremendous power of articulate... | |
 | 1831 - 548 pages
...wrath; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. In many things we offend all: yet if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able to bridle the whole body. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...pesce have they not known. There is no fear of Cod before their eyes. Ro. iii. 10 — 18. Even sa, d his substance is increased in the land. !.•, я fire, a world of iniquity ; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole... | |
 | John Davenant, Josiah Allport - 1832 - 612 pages
...the last place, as the height of perfection, the government of the tongue : For, says he, if any one offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. James iii. 2. Ye thus have what it is which is to be regulated. But for how long must we employ this... | |
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If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 
