 | George Fox - Society of Friends - 1831 - 610 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,'... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 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 - United States - 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....tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a Uttle fire kindleth. And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity, in... | |
 | Andrew Sherburne - United States - 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... | |
 | John Bovee Dods - Sermons, American - 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... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1832 - 258 pages
...Behold, we put bits into 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, 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... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - Bible - 1834 - 276 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... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a 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 fire kindleth ! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1830 - 820 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." 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... | |
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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. 
