 | Samuel Annesley - 1671 - 678 ˹éÒ
...thorowhlj weigh : But we have a greate than j4<]uinafj or the other two, here; Be not rajh with mouth, afí let not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God, Eccl. 5. 2. fet' ^ar£< lac' Which rule he doth in the Context extend to this cafe of Vowes, г»7«л»иГ*/Л^T/*4,S... | |
 | Matthew Hale - 1699 - 638 ˹éÒ
...our diftance, and come before him with Reverence, in that he is in Heaven, Ecclef. y. 2. Be not ra[h with thy Mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God ; for God is in Hea~. <ven} and thou upon Earth, therefore let thy words be few. God is in Heaven, and thou upon Earth... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 ˹éÒ
...Glory, for evet. Amen. ' Beware of the Scribes, which, for a (hew, make long Prayers. b Be not ralh with thy Mouth , and let not thine Heart be hafty...and thou upon Earth: therefore let thy Words be few. c If I pray in an unknown Tongue, my Spirit prayeth, but my Underftanding is unfruitful : I will pray... | |
 | William Gordon (of Aberdeen.) - 1718 - 138 ˹éÒ
...ready to bear than to give the Sacrifice of Fools, for they know not that they do Evil. Be not rajh -with thy Mouth and let not thine Heart be hafty to...and, thou upon Earth, therefore let thy Words be few. Experience mews us, that they who ufe extempore Prayers tranfgrefs this Rule ; and all the Pretences... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1719 - 658 ˹éÒ
...not that they do evil. -v. 2. Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thine heart behaftyto utter aiy thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. Hit. 12.18. Wherefore we rehe fliall receive any thing oft: Lord. j*f4r)j,ii.J4. Thereforell" unto... | |
 | James Gardiner - 1720 - 448 ˹éÒ
...defire he mould. For this reafon Solomon difcreetly advifes us againft much talking in our prayers. * God is in heaven , and thou. upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. And our Saviour cautions us in this paragraph againft vain refetitions. Whatever is not requifite to... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1730 - 434 ˹éÒ
...the Heavens. THE word, Heaven, when applied to the Omniprefent God; as in that expreffion of Solomon, God is in Heaven, and thou upon Earth, therefore let thy words be few ; and in that compellation wherewith our Lord begins his prayer, Our Father which art in Heaven; The... | |
 | James Burroughs - 1733 - 296 ˹éÒ
...with great reverence and humility ; but can never be a reafon why we mould not approach him at all. God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be^ few, fays Solomon. He doth not fay, therefore utter no words, therefore never addrefs thy maker at all.... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 ˹éÒ
...AVER (hall be Abomination. Eeclef. v. 2. Be not RASH with thy Mouth, and let not thine Heart be HASTY to utter any thing before GOD; for GOD is in HEAVEN, and thou upon E \P,TSI ; therefore let thy WORDS be FEW. Jfaiab xlv. 10. I have not fpoken in SECRET, in a dark Place... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 ˹éÒ
...as to God's Worfhip in general, is particularly applicable to this of Oaths, Eccl. v. 2. Be not raJh with thy Mouth, and let not thine Heart be hafty to utter any 'Thing before God. How this Rule is obferved by the cuftomary Swearer, who in his Wrath, or Drink, or heat of Difpute,... | |
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Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few. 
