...loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?" " If, therefore, any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain." — Is there not, Christians, a peculiar energy in such exhortations as these? " Love as brethren :...

...interpretation here given of it. The words I mean mean are these : " If any man among you," says he, " seem to be religious, and bridleth '' not his tongue, but deceiveth his own " heart, that man's religion is vain *." Here, you see, is a specification of one particular point (that of...

...greatest «(ress, as necessary to salvation. 3. But St. James tells us, that "if any man among us seems to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain j" and that " pure religion, and undefiled before God and the Father is...

...himself to behold the things that are in heaven and earth 370 SERMON XXXVII. FROM BUTLER. ^ JAMES i. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, .this man's religion is vain 381 5 SERMON XXXVIII. FROM WARBURTON. 2 PETER i. 5, 6, 7. Page G iving aH diligence, add to your faith...

...nothing but its own wretchedness and ruin. The apostle hath a striking hint for professors of religion : If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is What is our end in religious conversation ? If we speak without a purpose, surely it is folly. If we...

...therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiyeth his own heart, this man's religion ь vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the...

...all his ways. Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted. If any man among you feem to be religious, and bridleth" not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain. Pure religion, and undcnled, before God and the Father, is this : To vifit...

...SECT. 1. The government of the tongue is at once of the greatest importance and greatest difficulty. IF any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain *. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body....

...therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth...deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in...

...the greatest stress, as necessary to salvation. But St. James tells us, that " if any man among us seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, that man's religion is vain :" and that " pure religion, and undefiled before God the Father, is this'...