...be kept with all Diligence (for out of it are the IJfues of Life,} Prov. iv. 23. So, becaufe thofe Things which proceed out of the Mouth come forth from the Heart, and defile the Man, Matt. xv. 18. it is neceflary that as foon as Children come to the c 4 Ufe Ufe of Speech,...

...defile the man. ' For'out of the heart proceed eril thoughts, murders, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, thefts, false witness, blasphemies : these are the things which defile a man.' Here may we see, that not only murder, theft, false witness, and blasphemy defile men, but also evil...

...peremptorily. " Out of the heart," says our Saviour, "proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornication, thefts, false witness, blasphemies; these are the things which defile a man." These are Christ's own words ; and one word from him upon the subject is final. It may be observed...

...goeth into the mouth defileth a man ; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man — those things, which proceed out of the mouth, come...thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnesses, blasphemies, these are the things which defile a man ; but to eat with unwashen hands, defileth...

...HEART, according to the scriptural acceptation of the term. Our Saviour tells us, that " out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,...blasphemies. These are the things which defile a man."* This " heart" must be something more intimate and radical than the will ; for it is the source of "...

...man. 1 Pet. iii. 2. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 72. h Matt. xv. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,...fornications, thefts, false -witness, blasphemies. Matt. Q. 73. Which is the eighth commandment ? • A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal'1....

...this parable. And Jesus said, Are ye 17 also yet without understanding ? Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth, goeth into the belly, and is cast out 18 into the draught? but those things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from the 19 heart...

...places human depravity, not in the " following of Adam," but in the radical corruption of human nature ; for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,...fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.* To assert that this is an '.' exaggerated" statement " of the depravity of human nature" is easy, but...

...looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Mat. 15. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, hlasphemies. Col. 3. 5. Mortify, therefore, your memhers which, are upon the earth ; fornication,...

...evil was wholly within him ; and consequently al' * But those things which proceed out of the month, come forth from the heart, and they defile the man....thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witnessing!, blasphemies, &c. f Against tl» Holy Ghost. internal. And it is one tiring, that iniquities...