| 1824 - 452 pàgines
...repeated ! We should remember, that, though we are praying in the name of Christ, yet it is written, " God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few." I am yours, JD M. Levies. NB Will you, or some of your correspondents, inform me of the origin of the... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1816 - 488 pàgines
...build thou the icalls of Jerusalem. Ji HERE is an advice becoming the wisdom of Solomon (in Eccl. v. 2.), " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." To pray to the Most High God is a very solemn thing, even when we view him as seated on a throne of... | |
| John Macgowan - 1816 - 742 pàgines
...would even seem, that this divine writer had such a case in his eye, when he gives this caution, ' Be not rash with thy mouth, and ' let not thine heart...thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words * be few. For a fool's voice is known by the multitude of his ' words,' Eccl. v. 2, 3. Of the same import is... | |
| John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pàgines
...for they consider not that they do evil." ( And as they should keep their foot, so also he adds), " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let 'not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few," Eccles v. 1. 2.... | |
| Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 526 pàgines
...you will add that of Solomon, Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to Utter a thing before God, for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. These tilings being observed, let your importunity be as great as it can ; it is still the more likely... | |
| 1817 - 368 pàgines
...Apostles PETER am! PAUL. His delivery was slow, parti} from choice, for he remembered the precept, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God." In Prayer he was engaged heart and mind, ano succeeded, to a very great degree, ir losing sight of... | |
| Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 pàgines
...Song of Songs, perverted from their intended purpose,) Be not rash with thy mouth; and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Eccles. v. 2. Even a wise heathen, to whom the Unity and power and perfections of Jehovah were never... | |
| 1819 - 488 pàgines
...more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools ; for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be fewc. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools ; pay... | |
| 1819 - 896 pàgines
...of human wisdom — a lesson taught long since by God himself, though not yet learned by mankind. " God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." > The eulogium upon England as the land of freedom, which next follows, will always be read with pleasure... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 514 pàgines
...build tliou the walls of Jerusalem. 1 HERE is an advice becoming the wisdom of Solomon (in Bccl. vg) " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." To pray to the Most High. God is a very solemn thing, even when we view him as seated on a throne of... | |
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