...as your advisers have done before you. To prevent which, I recommend those words of the wise man — He that answereth a matter,, before he heareth it, it is folly, and shame unto him *. A Protestant who enters upon a mock enquiry with these prejudices and anticipations, is...

...his words. Job xiii. S. Ver. 28. Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is accounted wise. xviii. 13, He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame to him. xxi. 23. Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soul from trouble. xxix. 1 1....

...otherwise well-informed have exposed themselves to the severe censure of the inspired preacher, who said, " he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is? folly and shame to him." A modern historian, whose peculiar connexions should have preserved him from this disgrace,...

...for themselves ? Doth not that folly and shame belong to you which is spoken of in Prov. xviii. 13. " He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him." This is utterly an iniquity, a very unchristian practice, which commonly prevails, that...

...Solomon's rule with you, and let your correspondents fairly finish his speech before you reply ; for he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. Proverbs xviii. 13. A little watchfulness, care and practice in younger life, will render...

...take Solomon's rule with you, and let your correspondent fairly finish his speech before youVeply; for he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him, Prov. xviii. 13. I A little watchfulness, care, and practice, in younger life, will render...

...it, and is safe. 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear? 15...

...his own conceit. 12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour « humility. 13 He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit whp can bear? 15...

...and domestic life. It ought to be deeply engraven on the mini and memory of man and woman, that, " he that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame . unto him." 4. In the state of matrimony, hardly any thing i* more discomforting, or more deadening...

...Demonstration — and consequently, what regard Mr. HUTCHIXSON'S Claim may deserve to have paid to it. He that answereth- a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. PROV. xviii. 13. Sou species virium et qualitates physicas, sed quantitates et proportiones...