| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pages
...recorded of King David is another. PsaI. xxxix. 1, 2. "I said 1 will take need to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue ; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good :" — even from good that is, he was so watchful... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 668 pages
...offer ; for want of that caution of the psalmist, ' I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.' Sometimes (alas ! how ofien in this miserable age!) it doth spring from profane boldness ; when men... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 712 pages
...xxxix. offer . for want of that caution of the Psalmist, / said, I will take heed to my ways, that / sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. Sometimes (alas ! how often in this miserable age !) it doth spring from profane boldness ; when men... | |
| Bible - 1831 - 278 pages
...leader of the music of tke Jeduthunites. 1 I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, That I may not sin with my tongue ; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, While the wicked is before me. 2 I was dumb with silence ; I spake not even what was good ; But my pain was increased. 3 My heart... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Barrell Cheever - Episcopal Church in Scotland - 1832 - 584 pages
...of Man, and Man should take so little notice of God. I said I will take herd to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue ; I will kee.'p my mouth with a...bridle, while the wicked is before me. Certainly it is a hifjh dignity that is conferred upon man, that he may as freely and frequently as he will, converse... | |
| George Horne - Bible - 1833 - 438 pages
...the best comment upon it. " 1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; 1 will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me." The Psalm begins abruptly with the result of a meditation on the narrow, slippery, and dangerous paths... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1834 - 384 pages
...be of the uprightness of my heart Ps. xxxix. 1. David said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me. cxli. 3. Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth ; keep the door of my lips. Prov. viii. 6. Wisdom saith.... | |
| Henry Forster Burder - Conduct of life - 1834 - 204 pages
...the Psalmist was feelingly aware: — "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with ray tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. I was dumb with silence ; I held my peace even from good ; and my sorrow was stirred." If, as in the... | |
| Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 358 pages
...PSALM XXXIX. EXPOSITORY LECTURES. LECTURE I. VERSE 1. / said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle,...man, that he may as freely and frequently as he will converse with him that made him, the great King of heaven and earth. It is indeed a wonder that God... | |
| 1836 - 108 pages
...a funeral is indeed the best comment upon it.] 1. "I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue; I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me." The Psalm begins abruptly with the result of a meditation on the narrow, slippery, and dangerous paths... | |
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