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Take heed to yourselves, lest you may unsay that with your lives which you say with your tongues, and be the greatest hinderers of the success of your own labours. It much hindereth our work when other men are, all the week long contradicting to poor people in private that which we have have been speaking to them from the word of God in public, because we cannot be at hand to manifest their folly: but it will much more hinder if we contradict ourselves and if your actions give the tongue the lie ..... One proud, surly, lordly word, one needless contention, one covetous action, may cut the throat of many a sermon.
Richard Baxter, to ministers of Worcester,
taken from:
Philippians, Moffat's Commentary page 171 from Dr. Moffat, Expositor