...hands hold " the distaff." " Put away from thee a froward " mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Let " thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids " look straight before thee." Eloquence was of a later date than the art of literary composition ; for, till the latter was improved,...

...thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee: let thy eyes look right on, and let thy eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path...thy ways be established : turn not to the right hand or the left; remove thy foot from evil." The sum of which counsel is, that we should so exactly guard...

...the issues of life. 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. "25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. 27 Turn not to the right hand...

...chap. xiv. 15. And, " keep thy heart with all diligence: for out of it are the issues of life — — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thce. Ponder the path of thy feet,' and let all thy paths be established," chap. iv. 23, 25, 26. This...

...of the Wise Man, which are recorded, chap. iv. at the close. " Keep thy heart with all diligence — Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids...not to the right hand nor to the left ; remove thy feet from evil." Such is the reverence and godly fear with which we are directed to serve the Lord....

...When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways...hand, nor to the left; remove thy foot from evil. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired, are not to be compared to...

...guilt. By saying a " little more sleep, a little more slumber," we waste the best part of the day. " Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established." I beg, my dear, that you be not discouraged and disheartened, because you have no money to cast into...

...spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. « . SERMON X. ON RELIGIOUS CONSIDERATION. PEOV. IV. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. , HUMAN life is a state of existence, in which we are exposed to many dangers, both in our temporal...

...wise in thine own eyesh. Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life1. Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids...Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established11. SECT. 6. Prayers of the Saints on this head. How many are mine iniquities and sins ?...

...{-« ff; /-H 72-iCG SERMON CXLVI. THE ORDINARY MEANS OF GRACE. RELIGIOUS MEDITATION. PROVERBS iv. 26. Ponder the path of thy feet ; and let all thy ways be established. OUR next subject of consideration, in the order formerly proposed, is Religious Meditation. This duty...