 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 pages
...shall receive the greater condemnation. 2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, 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 jheir whole... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 660 pages
...by fierce winds : and that the " tongue is an unruly evil : and that he that offendeth not in word is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body*." Make it therefore your study and work, and watch it continually. Direct, xiv. ' Call your tongues daily... | |
 | 1842 - 982 pages
...dative, and in the same sense as in Acts v. 36, 37, " As many as obeyed him ;" and in James iii. 3, " We put bits in the horses' mouths that they may obey US." Obedience and submission are relative terms, and of course imply the possession of authority by those... | |
 | David Elliott - Church polity - 1826 - 210 pages
...of the inferiour animals to man, and by consequence, the government and controul of man over them. " Behold we put bits in the horses mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body." Here obedience obviously implies government, or authority as it* opposite. Such then, being the construction... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 572 pages
...come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. JAMES, iii. 2, 5, &,c : If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, &c. 1 PET.... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...tongue, that it is a great excellence. It is the doctrine of the text. '• If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." It is a proof of much virtue, great discretion, a full command of the passions, and a prevailing regard... | |
 | Noah Levings - Theology, Doctrinal - 1827 - 248 pages
...assertion quotes James iii. 2. — " For in maty things we offend all. — If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." The ground of our author's mistake in the application of this text, arises from supposing, that the... | |
 | Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...14Г). A James iii. 2. For in maлy things we oflend all. If any man offeud not in word.. the samo is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. John xv. 5.' I am the vine, ye are tl\e branches : lie that abidetli in me, and 1 in him, the same... | |
 | Gift books - 1828 - 318 pages
...such great effect, that to govern the tongue is to govern the whole man. ' If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to...horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about the whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds,... | |
 | George Merriam - Readers - 1828 - 292 pages
...the Lord GOD : wherefore turn yourselves, and live LESSON LXXXV. Of bridling the Tongue. — BIBLE. BEHOLD, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they...and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the skips, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with... | |
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For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 
