DISCOURSE: 2366 THE BEST OF MEN BUT WEAK AND FRAIL James 3:2. _In many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body_. THAT persons instructed in divine truth should be anxious to instruct others is well: but to rush uncalled... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2367 THE EVILS OF THE TONGUE James 3:6. _The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell_. AMONGST the most important of all subjects must be reckoned t... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2368 INFLUENCE OF WISDOM UPON THE CONDUCT James 3:13. _Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom_. THE government of the tongue is of all things the most difficult; because every evil that is in the he... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 2369 THE NATURE OF TRUE RELIGION James 3:17. _The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy tube entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy_. RELIGION, like a tree, must be judged of by its fruits. That which savou... [ Continue Reading ]