...them on the work before us. " Keep thy foot," says wisc man, " 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, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy...

...when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart...thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few." Eccles. v, 1 2. We should endeavour to have that lively impression of the divine presence, which pervaded...

...with holy fear ? Oh ! his greatness and our baseness, and Oh ! the distance. This is Solomon's advice, "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart...thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few," Eccl. v. 2. This would keep us from our ordinary babblings, that heart nonsense, which, though he words...

...applies to himself the further injunction of the Wise man: "Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God; for...thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few." — The Christian studies, now more especially, than ever, to "keep his heart with all his diligence."...

...those gifts of prayer which he possesses. Against the first of these he urges the counsel of Solomon, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God," demanding — " who keeps the precepts best, he that deliberates, or he that considers not when he...

...also will add that of Solomon, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a thing before God; for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth; therefore let thy words be few." These things being observed, let your importunity be as great as it can ; it is still the more likely...

...comes uppermost. 8. And here I wave the advice and counsel of a very wise man, no less than Solomon, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing ' Isocrat. in Panatteu. Laugc. p. 395. before God ; for God is in heaven and thou upon earth ; therefore,...

...comes uppermost. 8. And here I wave the advice and counsel of a very wise man, no less than Solomon, " Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing • Isocrat. in Panathftn. Laiige. p. 396. before God; for God is in heaven and thou upon earth ; therefore,...

...Be not rash with thy mouth," says the Preacher, " and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few." This caution implies a just sentiment of reverence for holy things. It excludes " vain repetitions,"...

...sacrifice of fools : 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 tlmn, on earth ; therefore let thy words be few. Prov, xv. 8. 29> The sacrifice of the wicked is an...