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" Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. "
The Gentleman's Magazine - Page 39
1813
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Social Morality; Or, The Proper and Improper Use of the Tongue: Being a ...

Enoch Weston Freeman - 1835 - 74 pages
...about their whole body. Behold the ships, which though they be so great, yet are they turned about whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire—a world of iniquity....
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The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ ...

Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 502 pages
...bits into the mouths of the horses, to make them obedient to us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great, and are driven by fierce winds, are turned about by a very small helm, whithersoever the power of the pilot determines:...
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The Biblical Analysis: Or, A Topical Arrangement of the Instructions of the ...

1837 - 328 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity !...
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The Biblical Analysis: Or, A Topical Arrangement of the Instructions of the ...

1837 - 324 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even BO the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire...
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The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: Translated Out of ...

1837 - 556 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. 4 Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. 5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little...
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The Biblical Analysis: Or, A Topical Arrangement of the Instructions of the ...

1837 - 324 pages
...Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us ; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which, though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. I',', i:n so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a...
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Works: With Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Volume 4

Joseph Hall - 1837 - 624 pages
...that man is every way well ordered, and able to command himself in all his other behaviour. III. 5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! Even so the tongue is a little member, but may justly...
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The Works of Joseph Hall: Paraphrases of hard texts

Joseph Hall - 1837 - 630 pages
...that man is every way well ordered, and able to command himself in all his other behaviour. III. 5. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! Even so the tongue is a little member, but may...
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Expository Lectures on the General Epistle of James: Tr. from the German

Bernhard Jacobi - 1838 - 252 pages
..."Behold, we put bits in the horses' months, that they may obey its; and we turn about their whole body. Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...listeth. Even so the tongue is a little member, and boastcth great things." Here are two illustrations which serve to show, that as in the world at large,...
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Sermons on various topics of doctrine, practice, and experience

Francis Goode - 1838 - 500 pages
...obey us, and we turn about their whole body. (A bit, there, gives the command of the entire animal.) Behold, also, the ships, which, though they be so...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Now, such is the tongue, among our members. Only command that, and you are " a perfect man, and able...
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