 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...consequence of which, especially if the beast be spirited aad fierce. may be easily conjectured. — " Behold also the ships, which though they be so great,...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Do you see the force of the comparison! The man that lias not the control of his tongue is like a passenger... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - 1831 - 328 pages
...also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they arc turned by a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth....boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a Uttle fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, in is the tongue among our members,... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - 1831 - 320 pages
...restrain your tongues; you must restrain your passions. Hear a word from the Apostle James, my brethren. "Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned by a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. Even so the tongue is .a... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1832 - 258 pages
...according to scripture rules, bridle and govern your tongues, Jam. iii. 3, 4. " Behold, we put bits into the horses' mouths, that they may obey us, and we...they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet they are turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." Put a bit upon this... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - 1832 - 222 pages
...Great effects. not unfrequeutly 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... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 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, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. 3 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, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they... | |
 | 1830 - 820 pages
...inflexible Knox, had listened to such idle suggestions ? " Despise not the day of small things." " Behold we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they...very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth." One fact I am sure will be interesting to you, particularly to the congregation generally ass'embled... | |
 | British and foreign sailors' society - 1836 - 446 pages
...horse's mouth :" and — as though he had in thought the wild passions of seamen — he adverts to ships ; " which, though they be so great, and are...with a very small helm whithersoever the governor (helmsman) listeth." He shows thereby what may be done by using the proper means : and then, to urge... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 502 pages
...rule also the whole body. Behold we put bits into the mouths of the horses, to make them obedient to us, and we turn about their whole body. Behold also...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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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. 
