 | New Church gen. confer - 1842 - 502 Seiten
...to those mansions which have been prepared from the foundation of the world for the peace-makers — the poor in spirit — the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart. From these extracts it is very evident that the orthodox Church, so called, is not agreeing upon its... | |
 | 1821 - 588 Seiten
...spirit that he cherished, and universally evinced; for of Mr. Dunlop it may be truly said, that if " the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, and the peace-maker," be blessed, he was blessed. He was blessed by many of his fellow-creatures while... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 Seiten
...little children into his arms and blessed them." He pronounced a blessing, which still rests on •' the poor in spirit," " the meek," " the merciful," " the pure in heart," " the peace-makers," and those " who hunger and thirst after righteousness. "§ He blessed the bread before he brake it,... | |
 | 1830 - 420 Seiten
...what will complete the bliss, we shall sec /cms. " Our Saviour said, and how wisely, ' blessed are the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peace makers, the persecuted and reviled ; for such shall see God.' I muet close; I commend you again... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 618 Seiten
...whose sins are forgiven." — " Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust." — " Blessed are the poor in spirit" — "the meek" — " the merciful" — "the pure in heart." In considering the happiness of the righteous in this world, I shall pursue the method which the text... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 630 Seiten
...whose sins are forgiven." — " Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust." — "Blessed are the poor in spirit" — "the meek" — " the merciful" — "the pure in heart." In considering the happiness of the righteous in this world, I shall pursue the method which the text... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 Seiten
...heart the practice of peace and the manifestation of good will. " Blessed," He emphatically said, " are the poor in spirit," " the meek," " the merciful," the " pure in heart," the " peace-makers." To preserve peace, He enjoined the patient endurance of wrongs and submission to the outrage of an... | |
 | 1834 - 452 Seiten
...Saviour in his preaching lays the utmost stress on "personal righteousness : Blessed, says he, are the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, &c., for they shall see God, and be called the children of God. ' Whosoever shall break one of these... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1834 - 618 Seiten
...took little children into his arms and blessed them." He pronounced a blessing, which still rests on " the poor in spirit," "the meek," "the merciful," "the pure in heart," " the peace-makers," and those " who hunger and thirst after righteousness."* He blessed the bread before he brake it, and... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1837 - 216 Seiten
...instructions to his disciples on the Mount. What was the object of the benedictions, — Blessed are the poor in spirit, the meek, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peace-makers, — but to cultivate in his followers those principles which have been mentioned as requiring the aid... | |
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God had sent his angels and shut the lions' mouths. These were the solemn and affecting narratives, wonderfully preserved for our instruction from a long antiquity, that in the middle of the sixteenth century became unclosed to the people of England.... 
