...upon this matter. In the very first chapter, ver. 19, he exhorts with affectionate earnestness : " Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath." And agai», ver. 26, " If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue,...

...lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of 120 turning. Of his own will begat ne us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath ; for...

...wrath, and anger, and clamour, " be put away from you, with all 'malice :" to which St. James adds, " Wherefore, my " beloved brethren, let every man be swift to *' hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath ;. for " the wrath of man'worketh no't the rig.ite" ousness of GOD." Our blessed LORD, however,...

...as children arc of the Father, as it is written, James i. 18. * Of his own will begat he us, by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. So that, as the children of men, are of their fathers, through a natural generation, and being : so...

...will begat he us with the Word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slew to wrath ; for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. Wherefore, lay apart all...

...power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 Thes. i. 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any be a hearer of...

...Father of lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning. Of his own will begat he us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures." The scope of the apostle, and the connection of his discourse, plainly shews, that the apostle means...

...lights, vith whom is no va" riableness, or shadow of turning. Of his own will '• begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be "a kind of first-fruits of his creatures."* Did St. James here mean baptism; or the communication of a new and divine life? "Of his own will begat...

...power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance. 1 Thes. i. 5. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first,fruits of his creatures. But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if any be a hearer of...

...with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. 18 Of his own will begat h» us with thé word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his créatures. 19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift à écouter, lent à parler,...