 | Samuel Holland - 1817 - 344 sider
...perverted from their intended purpose,) Be not rash with thy mouth; and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. Eccles. v. 2. Even a wise heathen, to whom the Unity and power and perfections of Jehovah were never... | |
 | 1819 - 488 sider
...for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be fewc. When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools ; pay... | |
 | 1819 - 896 sider
...of human wisdom — a lesson taught long since by God himself, though not yet learned by mankind. " God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." > The eulogium upon England as the land of freedom, which next follows, will always be read with pleasure... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 sider
...Ecclesiastes has given, us the following advice: "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in Heaven,...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few."* dgain:— how often does it happen that men murmur because they forget; and call Heaven unkind because... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - 476 sider
...the name of wise man, Eccles. v. 2, is, he not rash with thy mouth, and le.t not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. When we contrast the majesty of God with our own littleness, and his purity with our offences, we cannot... | |
 | Johnson Grant - 1820 - 474 sider
...the name of wise man, Eccles. v. 2, is, Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be haily to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. When •we contrast the majesty of God with our own littlenets, and his purity with our offences, we... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 540 sider
...his immediate presence no access is permitted. Our warmest devotion admits no familiarity with him. God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore, let thy words be few. If his omniscience administers comfort in our secret distress, it likewise fills with awe the heart... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1821 - 574 sider
...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 God is in heaven...and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. Secondly ; when thou addressest thyself to prayer, desire and depend upon the assistance and inspiration... | |
 | 1821 - 506 sider
..." when thou goest to the liouse of God : Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasly to utter any thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...upon earth : therefore let thy • words be few." Have you entered into the courts of the Lord, without a proper reverence for the dread Being in whose... | |
 | Thomas Moore (dissenting minister.) - 1821 - 164 sider
...to offer the sacrifice of fools," &c. " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven,...thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." See also l Maccabees, vii. 37. * l Kings viii. 33, 34. c Ps. cxxii. 4. d Origines Hebrcea, Antiquities,... | |
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 
