...greatest crimes may be perpetrated in the secret chambers of the imagination ; for " whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.'" . K. («) John xviii. 23. (n) Ma>t. xxvi. 41. (o) 1 Sam. xvi.;. xxxix. 2. lc) Matt. xv. 19...

...opinion about it Boerhaavo, speaking of this very declaration of our Saviour, " Whosoever looketh on Taking therefore the whole passage together, the apostle's condescension t heart," and understanding it. as we do, to contain an injunction to lay the check upon the thoughts,...

...that exist, and see if the seeds of some of them be not within your bosoms. " He that looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart ; " — see if your hearts be not adulterous. " Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer; "...

...seventh commandment. Worthy. Here again, remember how Christ himself hath said, ' whoso looketh on rooted ! Rather hope to shake o* The Scythian Taurus from his central base heart' These are no farfetched expressions of mine, Mr. Bragwell, they are the words of Jesus Christ....

...that exist, and see if the seeds of some of them be not within your bosoms. " He that looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart; " see if your hearts be not adulterous. " Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer;" — see...

...to them of old : Thou shalt not commit adultery. 28 But I say to you,' that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart. 29 And if thy right eye scandalize thee, pluck it out and cast it from thee. For it is expedient...

...seventh commandment. Worthy. Here again, remember how Christ himself hath said, " Whoso looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." These are no far-fetched expressions of mine, Mr. Bragwell, they are the words of Jesus Christ....

...by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery; but I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart1." Evil thoughts, I repeat, are to be rejected, not because they may lead to sin, but because...

...inhabitants of ancient Corinth, when they proposed this rigid principle of chastity : " He that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart?" Or how would they have sped before a people, jealous of insults, and quick in resenting them,...

...seventh commandment. Worthy. Here, again, remember how Christ himself hath said, " Whoso looketh on a woman, to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." These are no far-fetched expressions of mine, Mr. Bragwell ; they are the words of Jesus Christ....