...Eccl. v. 2.), " Be {' not rafh with thy mouth, and let not " thine heart be hafty to utter any thing V before God : for God is in heaven, and " thou upon earth : therefore let thy words ** be few." To pray to the Moft High God is a very folemn thing, even when we view him as feated on a throne of...

...which for a mew make long Prayers. f Be not rafh with thy Mouth, and let not thine Heart be hafty-to utter any Thing before God : For God is in Heaven,...thou upon Earth ; therefore let thy Words be few. 8 If I pray in an unknown Tongue, my Spirit prayeth, but my Under(landing is unfruitful. I will pray...

...baseness, and Oh ! the distance. This is Solomon's advice, Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter any thing before God, for...and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few c. This would keep us from our ordinary babblings, that heart nonsense, which, though the words be...

...reverence, in that he is in Heaven : ' Be not rafli with thy * mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any ' thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...thou * upon earth, therefore let thy words be few '.' God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth : it teacheth thee thy diftance, and it is fit thou mouldft...

...reverence, in that he is in Heaven : ' Be not rafh with thy ' mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any ' thing before God ; for God is in heaven,...thou ' upon earth, therefore let thy words be few '.' God is in Heaven, and thou upon earth : it tcacheth thee thy diftance, and it is fit thou fhouldft...

...our great distance ; God being not our earthly father, but our Father which is in heaven, Eccl. v. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth. 101. Q. What do we pray for in the first petition ? A. In the first petition, which is Hallowed be...

...illustrate my meaning. The verse that came under review a short time since was Ecclesiastes v. 1 . " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God,...ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools." Th'c first clause implies, that reverence in worship is required, which the following texts confirm:...

...hear than to give the facrifice of fools. Be not rafh with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hafty to utter any thing before God : for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth ; therefore let thy wordi be few. REMARKS. Scarcely any practice can be named that is more indecent, than whifpering, laughing,...

...attendance on the means of religious instruction. " Keep thy foot, therefore, when thou goest into the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools." Not only " incline thine ear unto wisdom," but " apply thy heart to understanding." Renouncing those...

...gqest into the honse of God, and be more ready to hear than to offer the sacrifice of fools. Ver. 2. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart...thou • upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. Hos. xiv. 2. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord, and say unto him, take away all iniquity, and...