Psalms 39:1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue:--
This government of the tongue is a most important part of our ways; it in a very essential part of holy discipline, yet we have heard of one saint who said that he had lived for seventy years, and had tried to control his tongue, but that he had only begun to understand the art when he died. David said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue;"-
Psalms 39:1. I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
They have such quick ears, and they are so ready to misinterpret and misrepresent our words, and if they can find one word awry, they will straightway preach a long sermon over it, so let us muzzle our mouths while they are near. The ill words of Christians often make texts for sinners, and thus God is blasphemed out of the mouths of his own beloved children. Let it not be so with any of you, beloved.
Psalms 39:1. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue:--
This government of the tongue is a most important part of our ways; it in a very essential part of holy discipline, yet we have heard of one saint who said that he had lived for seventy years, and had tried to control his tongue, but that he had only begun to understand the art when he died. David said, "I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue;"-
Psalms 39:1. I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
They have such quick ears, and they are so ready to misinterpret and misrepresent our words, and if they can find one word awry, they will straightway preach a long sermon over it, so let us muzzle our mouths while they are near. The ill words of Christians often make texts for sinners, and thus God is blasphemed out of the mouths of his own beloved children. Let it not be so with any of you, beloved.