| 1837 - 440 pages
...reports uttered by those who " refrain not their lips." Is this a small evil ? What says Scripture? For every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...thereof in the day of judgment. — Matt. xii. 36. Oh may the writer, as well as the reader, lay this solemn truth to heart. A prize of a high calling... | |
| 1840 - 488 pages
...words" (as well as by thy actions) "thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned;" for "every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment," Matt. xii. 36, 37. 5. Do not join too freely in general conversation or common-place gossiping chit-chat. Remember... | |
| Egypt - 1841 - 214 pages
...Sanctifier, and they who abuse this precious gift will meet with a due reward ; for it is written, that for " every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment," Matt. xii. 36. Psammiticus died about в.с. 619. He was succeeded by NEKUS, who is the Pharaoh-nechoh of Scripture,... | |
| 1843 - 612 pages
...work of the tongue of the wise. Read the third chapter of the Epiatle of St. James, and remember, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment. (Matt. xii. 36. TEXT PAPERS. No. XXXVI. TEXT — Colossians iii. 3, 4. " For ye are dead, and your life is hid with... | |
| Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1844 - 338 pages
...Sanctifier, and they who abuse this precious gift will meet with a due reward ; for it is written, that for " every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment," Matt. xii. 36. NEKUS, who is the Pharoah-nechoh of Scripture, (2 Kings xxiii,) in the twentieth year of the reign... | |
| John Bunyan - 1851 - 440 pages
...thy words thou shalt be condemned, if thou have not a care of thy tongue. " But I say unto you, that for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment." Matt. xii. 36. CHAPTEK VIII. Bur ABRAHAM SUD, SON, REMEMBER THAT THOU IN THY LIFETIME RECEJVEDST THT GOOD THINGS,... | |
| William Penn - Christian life - 1851 - 428 pages
...dare not conform ourselves to the fashions of the world that pass away ; knowing assuredly, that " for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...thereof in the day of judgment." (Matt. xii. 36.) XI. Wherefore, reader, whether thou art a nightwalking Nicodemus, or a scoffing scribe ; one that would... | |
| 1852 - 890 pages
...jesting, which are not convenient, but rather giving of thanks." (Ephee. v. 4.) " But I say unto you, that for every idle word that men shall speak they shall...account thereof in the day of judgment. (Matt. xii. 36.) 9. Sloth and self-indulgence. — Christ our Lord thus warned bis disciples against these, and other... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - Congregational churches - 1854 - 816 pages
...minister grace unto th'e hearers." (Eph. iv. 29.) And it is declared by the highest authority, that " for every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...thereof in the day of judgment." (Matt. xii. 36.) And an apostle says, " If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this man's religion... | |
| Thomas Legh Claughton (bp. of St. Albans.) - 1857 - 284 pages
...not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish." T. Why should we be careful what we speak ? S. For " every idle word that men shall speak, they shall...give account thereof in the day of judgment." Matt. zii. 36. T. What contrary virtues must Christians exercise, and why? S. Speaking the truth, because... | |
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