...regulation of the tongue is the last attainment of Christian perfection. What says the apostle James ? " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man," and it is surely significant that this assertion of his comes in immediate connection with the injunction,...

...niiri3, ancT nringing me. into, .captivity to the law of sin, which is.iu my members. James iii. 2. For in many 'things we offend all. If any man offend not...perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Prov. M. 9. Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from ruy sin ? Eccl. vii. 20. For there...

...of your Christian brethren, or encourages vice among the looser part of mankind. St. James says, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." David resolved, " I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : 1 will keep my mouth...

...of your Christian brethren, or encourages vice among the looser part of mankind. St. James says, " if any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." David resolved, " I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : 1 will keep my mouth...

...illustrates by two similitudes ; the bit which guides a horse, and the helm which directs a ship. " We put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole body. And the ships, which though they be so great, and be driven with fierce winds, yet are turned about...

...slippery or rough ground, slide or stumble, withVOL. v. 47 3 Behold, we put bits 3 in the horses moutlis, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they...

...Timothy, and which he often gave to his sons, " Speak evil of no man." And we know who hath said, " If a man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." As the thoughts we entertain of ourselves influence us in judging of others, the man who designs no...

...—Repeat that remarkabre passage about the tongue, in St. James. A. — <c If any man oflfeml not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to...the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though...

...knowledge, spareth his words, and taketh heed to his ways, that he offend not with his tongue. (o) If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole. body. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (p) Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue,...

...practical effect in maintaining the purity and peace of the body, and ruling the church of God : " If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body." It is a portion of " that wisdom that cometh from above, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle,...