This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...may be, the earth's utmost limits. That is no wild fancy, no bare possibility, but what has again and again been matter of actual occurrence. He proceeds;--" A world of iniquity,"--a strong and comprehensive expression. It intimates that in this diminutive organ is wrapt up a vast amount and an endless variety of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1867 Excerpt: ...may be, the earth's utmost limits. That is no wild fancy, no bare possibility, but what has again and again been matter of actual occurrence. He proceeds;--" A world of iniquity,"--a strong and comprehensive expression. It intimates that in this diminutive organ is wrapt up a vast amount and an endless variety of iniquity. It is the instrument of a great deal, and every possible kind of evil. Who can declare the magnitude or the number of the offences of which it is the author? By it the heretic promulgates his unsound, soul-destroying, and God-dishonouring doctrines. By it the liar utters his conscious falsehoods, and accomplishes his base purposes. By it the seducer pours forth his flatteries, and destroys his unsuspecting victims. By it the slanderer propagates those injurious reports by which he blasts the reputation of his brethren. By it the swearer profanes the name of his Maker. By it the traitor spreads sedition, and disturbs the peace of whole nations. It speaks blasphemy, diffuses error, kindles strife, --it inflames every passion, stimulates every vice, originates every crime. It breaks hearts, embitters families, distracts communities, divides and destroys churches. We cannot exhaust its deadly doings. It is indeed "a world of iniquity." "So is the tongue,"--such is its place and its power--"among our members, that it defileth the whole body." This explains and justifies the foregoing awful title, --" a world of iniquity." It goes back to the first two comparisons, especially that of the bit which serves to turn about the horse's whole body. The tongue does something similar in the case of man himself. It excites those impure lusts, and prompts those sinful deeds of which the other corporeal organ...
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