 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.  Best Things from Best Authors - Page 99edited by - 1908Full view - About this book
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 414 pages
...on his staff, as before, saying, " Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! and it setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell," James iii. 5, 6. All the motion, at this time, seemed to be in the dead man : the living one had nothing... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1811 - 466 pages
...world which men have encountered ; , is tamed, and hath been tamed, has fooner or later been fubdued, of mankind. But the tongue can no man tame :. it is an unruly <?#//, " full full of deadly poifon. If any man offend not in word, the fame is ap erf e Si man, and... | |
 | T. T., Christian parent - 1812 - 248 pages
...world of iniquity : so is the tnueue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. Fur every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the se?, is tamed, and hath... | |
 | John Murray - 1812 - 426 pages
...world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members, thut it defileth the whole body, and settethon fire the course of nature ; and it is set on fire of Hell. Thus this part of the figure becomes strikingly apposite, and of course easy to be understood, we cease... | |
 | J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pages
...a wicked tongue. He calls it "a fire, a world of iniquity—it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell — it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison;" and if the tongue, then we may conclude that every... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the eourse of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents,...the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue ean no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...fire, a world of iniquity; it is even such among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7. For every kind of (wildj beasts, and of birds, and of reptiles, and of fishes is subdued,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.) - 1815 - 616 pages
...to a much greater extent. St. James says, " Every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed of mankind." It is hoped that these hints may have a tendency to attract the public attention to thie useful branch... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1816 - 98 pages
...bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body." (1 — 3.) "For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents,...things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of man* kind: but the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. Therewith bless... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...defileth thé whole body, and setteth on fire thé course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in thé sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind : 8 But thé tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly... | |
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