...abased, but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. Matt, xxiii. 12. ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGQE. IF any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. .James i. 26. Render not evil for evil, nor...

...days ? Keep thy tongue from evil ; and thy lips, that they speak no guile\\\\. And as to the next, If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain 5F1[. All liars shall have their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone ***. And there...

...speculations or professions, or even appearances of piety, are of no avail. " If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain." The exhibition of our own character to the eye of our own conscience is one of the leading objects...

...from evil, " and his lips, that they speak no guile,"1 1 And, as to our eternal state in the next, " If any man " seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, " that man's religion is vain." LECTURE XXVIII. Tenth Commandment. WE are now come to the Tenth and...

...tongue from evil ; and his lips that they speak no guile *. And as to our eternal state in the next, If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain f. * Psalm xxxiv. 12, 13. t James i. 26. LECTURE XXVIII. TENTH COMMANDMENT....

...practice. But there was some reason in the conduct of this hermit, though he carried the matter to excess. In order to speak well, we must speak but little, remembering always the maxim of St. James, ' II any man seem to be religious, and Itridleth iiot his tongue, this man's religion is vain,' chap....

...asked him, many years after, "whether he had learned to reduce this lesson to practice?" — "Nine teen years," replied the hermit, " have I been trying,...that no man knew more, and spake less than he did. He was a wise philosopher who bound his scholars to a silence of five years, that they might not use...

...sins which we have to avoid in our christian intercourse ; and remember, that " if any man amongst you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain." Let me prescribe a second rule for your intercourse. 2. To promote social edification. VOL. II. XX...

...bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, that man's religion is vain; wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to...

...nothing but the accents of. Christian love and meekness should ever proceed.—" If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain " But further,— Having looked into the law of our God, to learn our duty, we must contimte therein,...