| John Bovee Dods - 1840 - 372 sivua
...conflagration. Great effects not unfrequently 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... | |
| John James - 1840 - 946 sivua
...any man offend not in word, the ssroc 488 is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn abolit their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce... | |
| George Knight (of Edinburgh) - 1840 - 450 sivua
...' and ' a'ble a'lso to bri'dle tjie whole bod'y. 3 Beho'ld, we put bit's in tjie hp'rses' mpu'ths, that they may obe'y us ; and we turn about' their whole bod'y. 4 Beho'ld a'lso the ship's, whieli, though ' they be ' so grea't, and ' are ' driv'en of f ie'ree wind's,... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 sivua
...bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, &c. The ships, though great, &c. yet are they turned about with a very small helm whithersoever the governor listeth : so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things, &c. And the tongue... | |
| George Gillespie - 1844 - 314 sivua
...»eifleeöai signifieth a thing of another nature than to be persuaded forensically, as James iii. 3, " Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us," irpoi то ire/öeaflai ôvrovi ilfilv . But here, when we speak of the obedience of church members... | |
| John Julius Plumer - 1845 - 274 sivua
...all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they...turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great... | |
| Enoch Merrill Pingree - 1845 - 446 sivua
...raised up ? and with what body do they come ?" James the Apostle uses the word in the same manner. " Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they...may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body." If the gentleman would read Prof. Bush, whose work on the resurrection he admires, he would learn,... | |
| E. Whimper - 1845 - 204 sivua
...performing long and arduous journeys at a rapid rate ; and is most obedient to the hand of the driver. " Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they...may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body," (James iii. 3.) The Arabian horse is an animal of great interest ; he is beautifully proportioned,... | |
| 1845 - 396 sivua
...2. For the first example he selects the horse, and shows the manageableness of this noble animal. " Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths that they...may obey us, and we turn about their whole body." Here we have a large and apparently ungovernable animal to manage. We put a small bit into his mouth,... | |
| John Bovee Dods - 1845 - 374 sivua
...Great effects not unfrequently 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. Kven so llie tongue... | |
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