 | 1850 - 704 דפים
...Be not rash with thy mouth," says the Preacher, " and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." This caution implies a just sentiment of reverence for holy things. It excludes " vain repetitions,"... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 558 דפים
...thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing ' Isocrat. in Panatteu. Laugc. p. 395. before God ; for God is in heaven and thou upon earth ; therefore, let thy words be few b." The consideration of the vast distance between God and us, heaven and earth, should create such... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 492 דפים
...his immediate presence no access is permitted. Our warmest devotion admits no familiarity with him. God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore, let thy words be Jew. If his omniscience administers comfort in our secret distress, it likewise fills with awe the... | |
 | 1823 - 570 דפים
...careful not to express more than we feel. Be not ras/ with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ¡for God is in heaven...and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few. Long prayers are hardly ever so ac ceptable as short ones;- if the language made use of is simple clear,... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - 618 דפים
...Prayers: A SERMON ON ECCLESIASTES V. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,...and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. \VE have here the wisest of men instructing us how to behave ourselves before God in his own house;... | |
 | Ashbel Green - 1824 - 500 דפים
...regard to what we address to our Maker — "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." It would be easy to add to this precept passages of scripture almost without end, all conspiring to... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 דפים
...prayer shall be an abomination. — Prov. xxviii. 9. Be not rash with thy mouth ; and be not hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few. — Eccles. v. 2. My dove, let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice. — Cant. ii. 14. When ye... | |
 | David Osgood - 1824 - 486 דפים
...binding upon us. The Scripture says, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few." THE WXTOH OF ENDOR 1 SAMUEL XXVIII. THE late death of Samuel, and the disgrace and flight of David,... | |
 | J Dennis Furley - 1824 - 188 דפים
...consider not that they do evil. T [2] Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. * Solomon, having before intimated, though very briefly, that the only cure against human vanity, is... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 דפים
...they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and ' let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." (Eccles. v. 1, 2.) Had you any momentous business to transact with persons of high rank and dignity... | |
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 
