 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...consequence of which, especially if the beast be spirited aad fierce. may be easily conjectured. — " Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Do you see the force of the comparison! The man that lias not the control of his tongue is like a passenger... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - 1831 - 328 pages
...also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they arc turned by a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth....boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a Uttle fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, in is the tongue among our members,... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - 1831 - 320 pages
...restrain your tongues; you must restrain your passions. Hear a word from the Apostle James, my brethren. "Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned by a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is .a... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1832 - 258 pages
...rules, bridle and govern your tongues, Jam. iii. 3, 4. " Behold, we put bits into the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we turn about their whole...they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Put a bit upon this... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 578 pages
...pesce have they not known. There is no fear of Cod before their eyes. Ro. iii. 10 — 18. Even sa, d his substance is increased in the land. !.•, я fire, a world of iniquity ; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1832 - 222 pages
...Great effects. not unfrequeutly flow from small causes. The apostle James says, see chap, iii — " Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth...great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity : so is the tongue among our members,... | |
 | 1830 - 820 pages
...idle suggestions ? " Despise not the day of small things." " Behold we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us : and we turn about their whole...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." One fact I am sure will be interesting to you, particularly to the congregation generally ass'embled... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1836 - 446 pages
...horse's mouth :" and — as though he had in thought the wild passions of seamen — he adverts to ships ; " which, though they be so great, and are...with a very small helm whithersoever the governor (helmsman) listeth." He shows thereby what may be done by using the proper means : and then, to urge... | |
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Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 
