...fools. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to uitei any thing before God, for God is in heaven and 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...

...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,"...

...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, let thy words be few b." The consideration of the vast distance between God and us, heaven and earth, should create such...

...2. 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. \VE have here the wisest of men instructing us how to behave ourselves before God in his own house;...

...feel. Be not ras/ 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. Long prayers are hardly ever so ac ceptable as short ones;- if the language made use of is simple clear,...

...[2] 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. * Solomon, having before intimated, though very briefly, that the only cure against human vanity, is...

...Prov. xxviii. 9. Be not rash with thy mouth ; and be not hasty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few. — Eccles. v. 2. My dove, let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice. — Cant. ii. 14. When ye...

...rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing (or word) before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy words be few. — Eccles. v. 1, 2. Be not righteous over much, neither make thyself over wise, &c. — Eccles. vii....

...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." (Eccles. v. 1, 2.) Had you any momentous business to transact with persons of high rank and dignity...

..." 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." THE WXTOH OF ENDOR 1 SAMUEL XXVIII. THE late death of Samuel, and the disgrace and flight of David,...