 | Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 pagina’s
...man, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer§ of the work commanded, will be happy in his deed. 26 If any man || seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, but deceive his own heart, this man's religion is 27 vain. The religion which is pure and undefiled... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1810 - 432 pagina’s
...pernicious Effects of an inflamed Tongue. 321 hibit the manners of a virtuous character. " If man any seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, that man's religion is vain." The current of men's language is so exact a criterion of their character, that our Savior says, " For... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1824 - 622 pagina’s
...this man, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work commanded, will be happy in his deed. If any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, but deceive his own heart, this man's religion is vain. The religion which is pure and undefilsd before... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 590 pagina’s
...them, when God expressly telleth the curser, swearer, railer, scorner, and all that live in wilful sin, that " If any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, (and so for other wilful sins,) but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain ;" James i.26.... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 602 pagina’s
...them, when God expressly telleth the curser, sweare^, railer, scorner, and all that live in wilful sin, that " If any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, (and so for other wilful sins,) but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain ;" James i.... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1839 - 192 pagina’s
...say, remembering that a little lie, or a little uncharitableness, is no better than a little theft. Be slow to speak those reports to another's disadvantage,...intercourse of man with man more rational and profitable ? Let your example of cheerful, innocent, blameless words, in which neither folly nor austerity shall... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1837 - 396 pagina’s
...good men, so to corrupt themselves — ] to shew the justice of the sentence, passed by St. James, — that, " If any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue, that man's religion is vain :" — and " if any man offend not in word, that same is a perfect man." But there is yet a fourth,... | |
 | Menzies Rayner - 1839 - 476 pagina’s
...say, remembering that a little lie, or a little uncharitableness, is no better than a little theft. Be slow to speak those reports to another's disadvantage,...intercourse of man with man more rational and profitable ? Let your example of cheerful, innocent, blameless words, in which neither folly nor austerity shall... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1845 - 322 pagina’s
...had overlooked others ; particularly such as I am collecting in this chapter. Martha had indeed read, That ' if any man seem to be religious, and bridle not his tongue,' such a ' man's religion is vain,' James i. 26 : yet the defects which she saw in the family (and what... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1847 - 470 pagina’s
...say, remembering that a little lie, or a little uncharitableness, is no better than a little theft. Be slow to speak those reports to another's disadvantage,...intercourse of man with man more rational and profitable ? Let your example of cheerful, innocent, blameless words, in which neither folly nor austerity shall... | |
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Let precision in every statement distinguish what you say, remembering that a little lie, or a little uncharitableness, is no better than a little theft. Be slow to speak those reports to another's disadvantage, which find so ready a circulation and are... 
