| 1685 - 636 pages
...lit' tie member^ and .boaftetb great things; behold /x>.Tb great a. matter a little fire kindletb! And the Tongue is a Fire, a World of Iniquity. So is theTongue (ox . a Calumniating 'Backbiting Tongue)' among our Members, that it dcfileth tlx whole Body,... | |
| William Sherlock - 1704 - 448 pages
...fure St. James tells us, That the Tongue is a little Member, and boafteth great thingsy Behold how great a matter a little Fire kindleth. And the Tongue is a Fire, a world of iniquity : fo is the Tongue amongft our members, that it defileth the whole Body, and fetteth on fre the Courfe... | |
| John Piggott - 1714 - 554 pages
...obferves, Tho the Tongue is a lit- james ,. tit Member, it boafteth great things. Behold how s> *• great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the Tongue is a fire, a world of Iniquity : fo is the Tongue among our Members, that it dcfileth the whole Body, and fetteth on fire the courfe... | |
| Richard Crossinge - 1732 - 324 pages
...James, that are fet on Work by the Devil, and kindled by that Fire which comes from Hell. Behold how 6. great a Matter a little Fire kindleth .> And the Tongue is a Fire, a World of Iniquity, that heats and inflames a Man's felf, and all others about him ; that can fet on Fire a Family, a Society... | |
| 1737 - 468 pages
...obey us j and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold alfo the mips, which though they be fo great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very fmall helm, whitherfoever the governour lifleth. 3, 4 & 5- And, as Horfes are managed by the Bit, and... | |
| James Blair - 1740 - 476 pages
...Fire when it catches in our Houfes. It is St James's Comparifon, Chap. iii. 5, 6. Behold, fays he, how great a Matter a little Fire kindleth : and the Tongue is a Fire, a World of Iniquity : fo is the Tongue amongft our Members, that it defileth the whola Body, and fetteth on fire the CourJe... | |
| Francis Fox - 1748 - 598 pages
...us-, and we turn about their whole body. 4. Behold alfo the iliips, which though they be fo great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very fmall helm, whitherfoever the governour lifteth. 5. Even fo the 8 Tongue is a little member, and h... | |
| Peter Brett - 1748 - 260 pages
...Lips. Lfjit. xviv. 1 6. Thou fhalt not go up and down as a Tale-bearer among thy People. jfames iii. 6. And the Tongue is a Fire, a World of Iniquity : So is the Tongue araongft our Members, that it defileth the whole tfody, a»d fctteth on fire the Courfe of Nature ;... | |
| William Dodd - 1764 - 330 pages
...hand of the maiter pleafes. Behold alfo the Jhips, faith the apoft!e, which though they be fo great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very fmall helm, luhitherfoever the governor li/hth. To what we have faid concerning the faltnefs of the... | |
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