 | 1877 - 588 sidor
...right regulation of the tongue is the last attainment of Christian perfection. What says the apostle James ? " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man," and it is surely significant that this assertion of his comes in immediate connection... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 778 sidor
...who are full of words, in all companies ; and to make sure of that mark of a perfect man, given by James, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able, also, to bridle the whole body." He was sensible, that " in the multitude of... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 784 sidor
...who are 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... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1832 - 202 sidor
...peculiar trial, and the occasion of much sin. One might suppose that lew persons ever dream that they arc accountable for what passes in conversation, although...James, ' If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man.' Do not allow yourself to be off your guard in this respect. Make it a part of your business,... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1833 - 152 sidor
...if they felt ashamed to be careful in their talk. A thoroughly well-governed speech is so rare, that that we still say, in the words of James, ' If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man.' Do not allow yourself to be off your guard in this respect. Make it a part of your business,... | |
 | Francis Wayland - 1835 - 494 sidor
...gratification of the meanest and most unlovely attributes of the human heart ! Well may we say with the apostle James, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body." Well may we tremble before the declaration of the blessed... | |
 | Menzies Rayner - 1839 - 476 sidor
...perhaps valued superstitiously, — serenity and brightness of mind, an equal temper, and a perpetual aptitude for spiritual contemplation, — we should...James, 'If any man offend not in word, the same is a. perfect man.' Do not allow yourself to be off your guard in this respect. Make it a part of your business,... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1843 - 196 sidor
...use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers, Eph. iv. 29. Remember the words of St. James; If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body, James iii. 2. QUESTIONS. fl What is the use and... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1843 - 470 sidor
...tongue, and so difficult is it to regulate ourselves in this respect, that we are told by the Apostle James, "If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." In Proverbs also, 21 : .23, it is said, "Whoso... | |
 | Henry Ware - 1847 - 470 sidor
...perhaps, valued superstitiously, — serenity and brightness of mind, an equal temper, and a perpetual aptitude for spiritual contemplation, — we should...James, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a. perfect man." Do not allow yourself to be off your guard in this respect. Make it a part of your business,... | |
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One might suppose that few persons ever dream that they are accountable for what passes in conversation, although there is no point of ordinary life which Jesus and the Apostles have more frequently and sternly put under the control of religious principle.... 
