...a. bout the gospel, who are utter strangers to the influence and power of it. ' If any man amongst you seem to be religious, and bridleth not ' his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain,' James i. 26. All calling Jesus, Lord, Lord, without taking up the cross...

...meditation, and concludes with these remarkable words; " If any man among you seen* to be re" ligious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth " his own heart: this man's religion is vain. Pure " religion and undefined before God and the Father is. " this; to visit the fatherless and widows...

...work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridlcth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefilcd before God and the Father is this, To visit 24 KatevoqtiE yap lauxai...

...tongue, where there is a false heart. The voice may be Jacob's, while the hands are Esau's. But, " If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tengue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain," Ja'mes i. 26. The power of godlittess...

...smooth tongue, where there is a false heart. The voice may be Jacob's while the hands are Esau's But, "if any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...heart, this man's religion is vain," James i. 26. The power of godliness will rule over the tongue, though " a world of iniquity." If one be a Galilean,...

...fat : Prov. xiii. 4. — Be diligent, that ye may be found of htm in peace : 2 Pet. iii. 14. — (u) If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain : James, i. 26. — (•») Let us go on unto our perfection : Heb. vi....

...is it, as St. James warns us, that ' the tongue can no man tame;' and yet, continues this apostle, ' if any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion is vain' Thoroughly theological, informed and experienced, serious and searching,...

...and slanderers, such as the apostle James describes, are to be shut out from communion ; James i. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vaitt; that is, his religious performances arc evidently ineffectual for his own salvation ; therefore...

...forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be happy in his 26 doing. If any one be ever so religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion 27 is vain. Pure religion and undented before God, even the Father, is this, To visit the fatherless...

...practised by some. It is the decision of this holy law; that " if any man seem to be religious, and bndleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain."* Tenth commandment: " Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's...