| 1804 - 476 pages
...body without the «/ spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. CHAP. III. THE TRULY WISE. MY brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we 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... | |
| 1804 - 438 pages
...without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. CHAP. HI. Of prudence in reproving. MY brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we 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... | |
| Christian life - 1806 - 416 pages
...tongue. David declares, " I aflx purposed, that my mouth shall not transgress ; " James asserts, " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body ;" and, on the same principle, Paul exhortSj " Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth,... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive ^c greater condemnation. 2 For in many thmgs we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the...perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. S Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole... | |
| Clergyman, John Randolph - Clergy - 1807 - 448 pages
...of a teacher in the Church of God, confidering that it is an office of great difficulty and danger ; For in many things we offend all; if any man offend not in word, the j'&me is a perjefit man, &c. As if he had faid, As there are many ways, whereby the beft of us do offend,... | |
| Thomas Le Mesurier - Cults - 1808 - 492 pages
...themselves—Importance of the true doctrine respecting our Lord. P. 3i(>'. SERMON VIII. JAMES iii. 1. My Brethren, be not many Masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater Condemnation. TEXT explained, and commented upon-.. Applicable particularly to those who intrude into the ministry—... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...of ours, is a true human body, when it is destitute of the spirit wherewith it is animated. III. 1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. My brethren, do not ambitiously affect the title of the authors and leaders of factions; drawing disciples... | |
| 1808 - 512 pages
...Timothy, and which he often gave to his sons, " Speak evil of no man." And we know who hath said " If a man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and also to bridle the whole body." As the thoughts we entertain of ourselves influence us in judging of... | |
| 1877 - 588 pages
...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 with the injunction,... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin. — And so on fa Verse 21. James iii. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend...perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. — And-so on ti Verse 1 3. 83. a Ezek. viii. 6. He said furi Aermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou... | |
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