| James Macknight - 1810 - 594 Seiten
...I tt *r9 small helm, whithersoever ^°". °X°V "v " °Pr*1 Tw the governor listeth. t>WO 5 OlJTU 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth...great things. Behold ^ { how great a matter a little ~ fire kindlethl 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; W is the tongue amongst yAoff(Ta... | |
| T. T., Christian parent - 1812 - 248 Seiten
...is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole...driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with i very small helm, whithersoever the governor iisteth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth... | |
| 1813 - 778 Seiten
...bringeth her food from afar.' — And James, inculcating the government of the tongue, exclaims — ' Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things!' And, to complete the whole, the Saviour confirmed, illustrated, and propagated his divine mission in... | |
| 1858 - 778 Seiten
...is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole...they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet arc they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue... | |
| 1821 - 632 Seiten
...madiristhoradivine: a madman if he give his passions the rein, a divine if he rd&traih them."— Spencer. Behold, we put bits in the horses* mouths, that they...may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Out of the same mouth... | |
| 1814 - 570 Seiten
...any man offend not in word, the same is a perfeet man,e and able also to bridle the whole body.. 3 Behold we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, whieh, though they be so great, and are driven of fieree winds, yet are they... | |
| Jedidiah Morse - 1814 - 218 Seiten
...hill." In view of it, we may well exclaim, in the pertinent language of an Apostle, St. James, iii. 5. "Even so the TONGUE is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how GREAT A MATTER tt LITTLE FIRE kindleth." In these documents, the public have the whole of the evidence in the case,... | |
| R. Jameson - 1815 - 264 Seiten
...The words are contained in the fourth verse of the third chapter of the epistle of James : " Behold the ships, which, though they be so great, and are...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth !" The sermon was nautical in all respects. Pie drew an ingenious comparison betwixt the rudder of... | |
| 1815 - 608 Seiten
...fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small rudder, wherever the steersman willeth. 5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindles! 6. And the tongue is « fire, a world of iniquity; it is even such among our members,... | |
| James Plumptre - 1816 - 98 Seiten
...any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. But we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body." (1 — 3.) "For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed,... | |
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