...spiritual good ; but I do cay, it is a difficulty nearly approaching to MI absolute impossibility. " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt ?" You pray that you may not be led into temptation ; but every time you mix with these, yos act in...

...woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Î7 the eon of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnathe ? ÏS Can one go upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched ? ïfl So he who gocth iu to Ms neighbour's...

...340. Thf wisdom, of avoiding intoxicating drink, and the tempters and temptations to it. Pr. 6 : 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? Dan. 1 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion...

...the inspiration of Scripture, its warnings hold true. " Evil communications corrupt good manners." " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? " An expositor who takes infidel or half-infidel critics for his chief guides and standards,...

...Others, finding or fearing they should not be able to contain in the midst of so great temptations (" for can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?" f as the Fathers frequently applied it to this case), emasculated themselves, that they might...

...was to be allowed to escape the lips of any of the members. What strange and innocent simplicity ! " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?" Dr. Engledue, however, soon rent this thin web of self-security and self-deception, by the...

...accommodating to these dangers the language of Solomon, when speaking of a peculiar class of perils, " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can a man go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?" and closing with this reference tto...

...faith, 1st, Believing that they are snares for soul-ruin, according to the word, Prov. vi. 27, 28, " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt? Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burnt?" and chap. i. 17, "Surely in vain the net is...

...accommodating to these dangers the language of Solomon, when speaking of a peculiar class of perils, " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? Can a man go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ?" and closing with this reference...

...he had found in Rome, what Burke says Warren Hastings found in India, a geographical morality* : " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnecU ?" but we were not prepared for the enormities of this humble beedman, as evidenced by the...