...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...

...member of the body, is yet of such great effect, that to govern the tongue is to govern the whole man. " If any man offend not in " word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to " bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the " horses mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn " about their whole...

...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...

...self-applause and legal pride that puffs him up and spurs him forward. Hence the warning and advice; " My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we...greater condemnation; for in many things we offend all," James iii. 1. But these masters do nothing else but offend. These are some of the nuts which are hard...

...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...

...preceding the text, and manifestly connected with it : " My brethren, be not many Masters (or teachers) knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. For in many things we offend all :" We ! Who ? Not the Apostles, nor true believers ; but they who knew they should receive the greater...

...charge — My brethren, be not many masters — WOAAOJ SiSa,mx,xm — many teachers of systems — knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation : for in many things we offend all. (Jam. iii. 1, 2.) — We are all liable to err, if we indulge in private speculations. •' .••'...

...except he strive lawfully;" for men to combine and strive in this manner is altogether unbecoming. " Be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation ;" this strife is unlawful, and in this sense, the servant of the Lord must not strive. Secondly, We...

...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,...

...—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 bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body....