 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...have peace with God. You see the Apostle Peter's exhortation, " Ifq any man long after life and to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile; let him pursue peace and follow after it, eschew evil and do good." He knew, that many men would desire to... | |
 | George Mogridge - 1799 - 188 pages
...prudent friend, he will never flatter you. Flattery is deceit, though not always intended to be such. " He that will love life, and see good days, let him...from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile," 1 Peter iii. 10. Draw out, as much as you can, the good qualities of your friend ; and, if he be a... | |
 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...generally speaking, have the most friendly influence upon the happiness of their lives. Chap. iii. 10. He that will love life, and see good days, let him...eschew evil and do good — 'let him seek peace and\ pursue it — or endeavour, by all honourable means, to obtain it. Such a conduct, says the Apostle,... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...all of one mind, having compassion one of another : love as brethren, fe pitiful, be courteous ; 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing...thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips... | |
 | 1815 - 436 pages
...things." Thus also Si. Peter — " Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another — love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous — not rendering...or railing for railing, but contrariwise blessing." — In this case, then, we must also be agreed. Having determined from the Bible what sin is, we must... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...all of one mind, having compassion one of another : love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous ; 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing...thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips... | |
 | Robert Leighton, George Jerment - Theology - 1805 - 544 pages
...Spirit; and if it be so with you, your hearts will be upon it, and your lives will be like it. Ver. 10. For he that will love life, and see good days, let...from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. THE rich bounty of God diffuses itself throughout the world upon all ; yet there is a select number... | |
 | Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...brethren, be pitiful, be courteous; Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for .railing: but contrawise, blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that...his lips that they speak no guile : Let him eschew *vil, and do good ; let him seek peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,... | |
 | David Bogue - Bible - 1806 - 354 pages
...couls of fire upon his head. Be not overcome of evil ; but overcome evil with good." 1 Peter, iii. 9. " Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing...thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." What a system of opposition to evil, and of the purest goodness is here ! To what source shall we trace... | |
 | 1806 - 658 pages
...contrary, blessings : for to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing. For he that would love life, and see good days, let him refrain his...evil, and his lips that they speak no guile. Let him avoid evil, and do good : speak peace, and follow it. For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,... | |
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For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: " let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 
