| William Hurn - 1823 - 142 pages
...for ail the duties of self-government. On the other hand we are assured by the same authority, that, "if any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain/'* When the tongue is neither sanctified by grace, nor controlled by the word... | |
| Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 486 pages
...the interpretation here given of it. The words I mean are these : " If any man among you," says he, " seem " to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, " but deceiveth his own heart, that mans " religion is vain"* Here, you see, is a specification of one particular point (that of habitual... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 438 pages
...forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work eommanded, will be happy in his deed. 26 If any one seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 The religion which in pure and undefiled before our God and Father, is this... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...no man, to be no brawlers, &c. — Titus iii. 2. Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, &c. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. — James i. 19.26. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man,... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...no man, to be no brawlers, &c. — Titus iii. 2. Let every man be swift to bear, «low to speak, &c. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. — James i. 19. 26. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man,... | |
| 1824 - 588 pages
...words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned," Matt. xii. 36,37. Again, " If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain," James i. 26. The religion of Christ forbids every particular kind of transgression... | |
| Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...being yourselves atso in the body. SECTION III. Extracts from the Epistles of James, Peter, and John. 1 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. .Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the... | |
| John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 706 pages
...to all, who make profession of the gospel, a searching criterion of their sincerity, when he says, "If any man among you seem to be religious, and "...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own " heart, this man's religion is vain." This passage should not be thought a hard saying, for it stands in the Bible;... | |
| Christian life - 1884 - 398 pages
...them ? Only we had better offer such prayer for them in secret, that no ear may hear it but God's. "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Jfotmtains. BY REV. JAMES GILMOUR, MA, Author of" Among the Mongols" [ROSSING... | |
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