...guide me safe to heaven and thec. JANUARY 10. Wisdom is the principle thing ; therefore get wisdom. — Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. THE objects with which men in the different professions and states of life are conversant, being very...

...ordinary instruction pointeth out to us : so that usually that direction of Solomon is sufficient, ' let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids look straight before thee. — Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left.' The ways of iniquity and vanity, (if we may call...

...ordinary instruction pointeth out to us : so that usually that direction of 'Solomon is sufficient, ' let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids look straight before thee. — Turn not to the right hand, nor to the left.' way,) ill designs and bad means of executing designs,...

...constantly and abundantly than the tongue ; and therefore Solomon, after these words, immediately adds, Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. The current of the heart runs in that channel ; for it is the organ of societies, and is commonly employed...

...their flesh. S3 11 Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are the issues of life. 24 Tut away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. 25 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eye-lids look straighi before thee. 26 Ponder Ihe pain...

...ways, and turn unto the Lord;' and, ' I said, I will take heed to my ways,' saith the psalmist; and, 'Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established,' is the wise man's advice. Search our ways, and ponder our paths ; this implies that we first do examine...

...Lord thy God, thou shalt utterly detest, and thou shalt utterly abhor it ; for it is a cursed thing. 4 Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids...thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn .'H 1 Rom. xii. 9. 2 Cor. vii. 1. z James i. 21. 27. 3 Dei vii. 25, 26. * Prov. iv. 35. 26, 27. not...

...life shall lose it ; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. Mat. xvi. 24, 25. g white as snow ; so as no fuller on earth can white them. Mar. ix. 3. 3 Behold, there hand, nor to the left ; remove thy foot from evil. Pr. iv. 26, 27. " 1" (" wisdom") lead in the way...

...prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself," says the Scripture. And the same authority adds, " Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee." With regard then to the future, in every period, relation; and condition of life, some things may be...

...also learn to maintain good works* f 01 necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. Titus iii. 14. a Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Prov. iv. 24. But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among...