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but nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
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Verse 8. But the tongue no man can tame, without the special assistance of God. Witham.—Wherefore we are to understand, says Saint Augustine, that as no one is able of himself to govern his tongue, we must fly to the Lord for his assistance. Saint Augustine ser. 4. de verb. Matthew 6.—It is an unquiet evil, [5] which cannot be stopt. It is full of deadly poison, which brings oftentimes death both to men’s bodies and souls. Witham.
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