 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 440 sidor
...abundance of the heart the mouth fpeaketh. So St. James tells us, chap. i. 26. If any man among youfeem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own Jieart ; this man's religion is vain. And on the contrary, it is a good fign that religion hath fome... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1751 - 424 sidor
...religious. It is an obfervation of St. James, already taken notice of. If any man among you feemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. And the truth of that obfervation is confirmed by what has been faid under... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1760 - 272 sidor
...man amongft you, feemeth to be religious, — feemeth to be, — for truly religious he cannot fo — and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's re^ 1/gion is vain. ~ This is the full force of St. James's reafoning, upon which I have dwelt the... | |
 | 1765 - 506 sidor
...forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man {hall be bleffed in his deed. If any man among you feeni to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this mans religion is vain. |]Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father, is this, To viiit the... | |
 | Jacob Duché - 1779 - 452 sidor
...A FOR" GETFUL HEARER, BUT A DOER ** OF THE WORK, THIS MAN SHALL 03 "BE r " BE BLESSED IN HIS DEED. IF " ANY MAN AMONG YOU SEEM TO " BE RELIGIOUS, AND BRIDLETH " NOT HIS TONGUE, BUT DECEIV" ETH HIS OWN HEART, THIS " MAN'S RELIGION is VAIN. PURE " RELIGION, AND UNDEFILED BE" FORE GOD... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1783 - 468 sidor
...intended as a comment upon it. The words I mean are thefc : " If " any man among you," fays he, " feem to be " religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but " deceiveth his own heart, that, man's reli" gion is vain *." Here, you fee, is a fpecification of one particular point (that... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1783 - 308 sidor
...Jhadow, and continueth not. SERMON XL p. 209. Evil -Speaking. JAMES I. ^6. If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own hearty that man's religion is vain. SERMON XII. p. 229. Jofeph's Hiftory confidered. Forgivenefs of... | |
 | Catherine D'Oyly - 1794 - 748 sidor
...; if we are addicted to pride and paffion, (of which St. James fays, " If any man " among you feem to be religious and " bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his " own heart, that man's religion is vain,")-, then humility and meeknefs are what we fhould afk for. In like manner,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1799 - 504 sidor
...alfo." The fame apoftle advances the following excellent maxim, ch. i. 26. " If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and undefiled, before God and the Father, is this, To vifit... | |
 | 1802 - 374 sidor
...con:inueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not bis tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefi;ed... | |
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If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. 
