 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...(hew, make long Prayers. b Be not ralh with thy Mouth , and let not thine Heart be hafty to utter any thing before God : for God is in Heaven , and thou upon Earth: therefore let thy Words be few. c If I pray in an unknown Tongue, my Spirit prayeth, but my Underftanding is unfruitful : I will pray... | |
 | William Gordon (of Aberdeen.) - 1718 - 138 pages
...know not that they do Evil. Be not rajh -with thy Mouth and let not thine Heart be hafty to utter any thing before God, for God is in Heaven, and, thou upon Earth, therefore let thy Words be few. Experience mews us, that they who ufe extempore Prayers tranfgrefs this Rule ; and all the Pretences... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1719 - 658 pages
...not that they do evil. -v. 2. Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thine heart behaftyto utter aiy thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. Hit. 12.18. Wherefore we rehe fliall receive any thing oft: Lord. j*f4r)j,ii.J4. Thereforell" unto... | |
 | James Gardiner - Sermon on the mount - 1720 - 448 pages
...defire he mould. For this reafon Solomon difcreetly advifes us againft much talking in our prayers. * God is in heaven , and thou. upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. And our Saviour cautions us in this paragraph againft vain refetitions. Whatever is not requifite to... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - Sermons, English - 1730 - 434 pages
...the Heavens. THE word, Heaven, when applied to the Omniprefent God; as in that expreffion of Solomon, God is in Heaven, and thou upon Earth, therefore let thy words be few ; and in that compellation wherewith our Lord begins his prayer, Our Father which art in Heaven; The... | |
 | James Burroughs - 1733 - 296 pages
...with great reverence and humility ; but can never be a reafon why we mould not approach him at all. God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be^ few, fays Solomon. He doth not fay, therefore utter no words, therefore never addrefs thy maker at all.... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1751 - 452 pages
...confider not that they do evil. Be not raft with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hafly to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. For a dream. cometh through the multitude of buJinefs, and a fool's voice is known by the multitude... | |
 | 1755 - 768 pages
..." a Be not rafli with thy mouth, faith the preacher, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth." When we come before the great Majefty of heaven, even in private prayer, we fhould do well to confider... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 556 pages
...diftance between God and us, which fliould fill our hearts with an holy awe of him ; Ecclef. v. 2. God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. Q. IT. What is the firft inference from hence ? A. It (hews us, what a fad cafe all thofe are in, that... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 892 pages
...prayer : therefore be net rafo with thy mouth, fays Solomon, nor let thine heart be hajty to utter any thing before God : for God Is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few, Eccl. v. 2. Rafh and fearleis approaches fpeak unbecoming thoughts of God, and low thoughts of the... | |
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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. 
