 | 1743 - 440 páginas
...than a Woman-Tyger. To conclude this Chapter: Let us obferve the Advice of Solomon, Prov. xvii. 14. The Beginning of Strife is as when one letteth out Water : Therefore^ ieave off Contention before it l>e meddled with.' When once a Breach is made .upon the Spirit by immoderate... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1764 - 560 páginas
...Prov. xiii. 10. Only by Pride cometh Contention, but with the well-advifed is Wifdom. Prov. xvii. 14. The Beginning of Strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off Contention before it be meddled with. xviii. 6. A Fool's Lips enter into Contention, and his Mouth callcth for Strokes. Ver. 19. A... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 páginas
...a Secret to another; left he that h'.-areth it put thee to Shame, and thine Infamy turn not away. e The Beginning of Strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off Contention before it be meddled with. * As Coals are to burning Coals, and Wood to Fire, fo is a contentious Man to kindle Strife.... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 páginas
...evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house ; 14 it may be furnished in the next generation. The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water : therefore leave ofi" contention, before it be meddled with ; a beautiful alluuon to a toil! known fact, when a breachis... | |
 | Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1810 - 242 páginas
...even 'when you are sure that you are in the right; for they may lead another to be in the wrong. " The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with."* When the moment of anger is over, how often are 'we ashamed to think of the trifles for which... | |
 | 1813 - 500 páginas
...andavciiieii. Kemember, as peculiarly applicable to the case before us, the admonition of Solomon *—" The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water : therefore leave c.ff contention, before it be meddled with." Divisions in all societies, but most of all in religious... | |
 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1818 - 600 páginas
...time) upon the truth of the wise man's aphorism, and the excellency of the advice grounded upon it: " The beginning of strife "is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave " oft' contention before it be meddled with." They plainly discerned, that he who said, " Let every... | |
 | W. F. LLOYD - 1822 - 178 páginas
...brother is a murderer. (I. Jn. 3. 15.) 10. How does Solomon caution against the beginning of strife? The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. (17 Pr. 14.) 11. How is strife produced? 12. To what docs Solomon compare the man who has no... | |
 | 1823 - 154 páginas
...brother is a murderer. (I. .In. 3.15.) 10. How does Solomon caution against the beginning of strife? The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out...therefore leave off contention before it be meddled with. (17 Vr. 14.) 11. How is strife produced? A' wrathful man stirreth up strife; but he that is slow... | |
 | John Fawcett - 1824 - 218 páginas
...image. Heat and violence, anger and resentment in religious disputes naturally lead on to persecution. The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off wrathful contention before it be meddled with. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and clamour, and evilspeaking,... | |
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that the words of Solomon were written on every heart, that they were graven as on a rock! The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention before it be meddled 
