A window into the heart
It follows that no unkind word can ever be heard among them, no strife of tongues, no contention of any kind, no railing or evil-speaking. But everyone opens his mouth with wisdom, and in his tongue there is the law of kindness. Equally incapable are they of fraud or guile. Their love is without dissimulation. Their words are always the just expression of their thoughts, opening a window into their breast, that whoever desires may look into their hearts and see that only love and God are there.
1771 text
5. It follows, that no unkind word can ever be heard among them: no strife of tongues, no contention of any kind, no railing or evil-speaking; but every one opens his mouth with wisdom, and in his tongue there is the law of kindness. Equally incapable are they of fraud or guile: their love is without dissimulation: their words are always the just expression of their thoughts, opening a window into their breast, that whosoever desires may look into their hearts, and see that only love and God are there.
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Sermon 4 in the 1771 Works. Saint Mary's, Oxford, 24 August 1744. Acts 4:31.
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