| Sir Matthew Hale - Christianity - 1805 - 632 pages
...confider our diftance, and come before him with reverence, in that he is in Heaven : ' Be not rafli with thy * mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty...thou * upon earth, therefore let thy words be few '.' God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth : it teacheth thee thy diftance, and it is fit thou mouldft... | |
| Sir Matthew Hale - Theology - 1805 - 622 pages
...confider our diftance, and come before him with reverence, in that he is in Heaven : ' Be not rafh with thy ' mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty...thou ' upon earth, therefore let thy words be few '.' God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth : it tcacheth thee thy diftance, and it is fit thou fhouldft... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 544 pages
...the distance. This is Solomon's advice, Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, for God is in heaven...thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few c. This would keep us from our ordinary babblings, that heart nonsense, which, though the words be sense,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 428 pages
...lips. So Solomon adfises, Eccles. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine hfart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven and thou ufion earth ; therefore let thy words befciv. And again in "v . 5. Better is it that thou shouldst... | |
| Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1805 - 332 pages
...diftance, God being not our earthly Father, but our Father which is in heaven. Eccl. v. 2. ' Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter anything before God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth.' CI. Queft. What do we pray for in... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...goeft to the houfe ot God, and be more ready to hear than to give the facrifice of fools. Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to...in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy wordi be few. REMARKS. Scarcely any practice can be named that is more indecent, than whifpering, laughing,... | |
| Thomas Vincent - Westminster Assembly - 1806 - 308 pages
...Father which is in heaven, Eccl. v. 2. 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. 101. Q. What do we pray for in the first petition ? A. In the first petition, which is Hallowed be... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...offer the sacrifice of fools. Ver. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, for God is in heaven...thou • upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord, and say unto him, take away all iniquity, and... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...they consider not that they do evil. 2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business ; and a fool's voice is knowi by multitude of... | |
| Morning and evening prayers - 1818 - 714 pages
...to address the Supreme Being in a few solemn words, than run into vain and unmeaning repetitions : " God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few." Could this great point be carried, every objection would at once be answered ; and, what is of much... | |
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