...agreement with the admonitions of the Old Testament. " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few."* By the fewness of words, we understand, that they should be well weighed, and well ordered, in opposition...

...principal attractives ; to these the advice of Solomon might, with propriety, be given, " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more...of fools, for they consider not that they do evil." An unbroken attachment to the world and its vanities still remains ; and where, without fear of exposure,...

...baseness ; and Oh ! the distance ! This is Solomon's advice : Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, for...and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. (Eccl. v. 2.) This would keep us from our ordinary babblings, that heart nonsense, which, though the...

...more ready to liear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do eril. n I go down to the pit ? Shall the dust praise thee...: LORD, be thou my helper. 11 Thou hast turned fo For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words....

...feared in the assembly of the saints, nd to be had in reverence of all them that are about him." " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. " Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God...

...applications to him; as being a God of such inconceivable greatness, and glorious majesty, Eccl. v. 1. " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few." Q. 24. Whom doth the relative * Larger Cat. Quest. 189. pronoun [our], irt the preface, refer unto...

...endure the test of truth and reason. For whatjs the language of truth, of Almighty truth itself? ' Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.' Does this look like unpremeditated extemporaneous prayer ? Does it sanction the clothing of those thoughts...

...our salvation. Though there is a more excellent way, we are to " covet earnestly the best gifts." " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." It is well also that lie was not only able, but ,willing. He was not ashamed publicly to avow his entire...

...power, and the glory, for ever Amen. 3 Beware of the scribes, which for a show make long prayers. 4 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. * If I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. I will pray...

...and expel the darkness, there was brought to remembrance these expressions of Solomon : " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more...of fools : for they consider not that they do evil :" and also, "But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." These were opened in a way that led...