| Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 630 pàgines
....goes a little further, if men were able to bear it, and yo.u will. fee what he fays, Matth. v. 44. " Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you." This is a hard faying to corrupt... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1799 - 414 pàgines
...generally we are aware of. The contrary difpofition is the badge of the family of God, Matth. v; 44, 45. " But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you ; that ye may be the children... | |
| John Flavel - 1799 - 666 pàgines
...pray for them, and he ready and willing to do them all good, both of body and foul ; Matth. v. 44, 45. But I fay unto you, Love your enemies ; blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you and perfecute you. That you may be the children of... | |
| Thomas Gisborne - 1799 - 606 pàgines
...exhorted his followers to love each other; but taught them a further le'flbn ftrange to their ears : " I fay unto you, love your enemies ; blefs them that curfe you ; do good to them that hate you ; pray for them that defpitefully ufe you and per" fecute you : that ye may be the children of... | |
| 1802 - 502 pàgines
...Saviour had reference to this, wh-n he faid, " Ye have heard that it hath been faid, thou fhalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy ; but I fay, unto you, love your enemies." But the direction, 4 hate thine enemy,' is not in the law. It was a perverfe tradition or conftruction... | |
| Champions - 1800 - 462 pàgines
...he be " that rewardetli thee as thou haft ferved us." But what faith the teacher lent from God ? " Love " your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do " good to them that hate you, and pray for them " which defpitefully ufe you and perfecute you." Whether of thefe two fpirits,... | |
| Nathaniel John Hollingsworth - 1801 - 352 pàgines
...xvi. 9. || Mark ix. 4i. See Matt. x. 42. •what words are thefe ! " Ye have heard, that it *' hath been faid, Thou malt love thy neighbour, *' and hate...them that curfe ** you ; do good to them that hate you ; and pray *' for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfe" cute you; that ye may be the children... | |
| John Evans - 1801 - 404 pàgines
...God is preflcd up^ on us in the flron^rft terms by our bleffed Saviour, Mat. r. 44, &c. '• I lay unto you, love your enemies ; blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that dcfpitefully ule you and perfeeutc you : that ye may be the children of... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - 1801 - 624 pàgines
...fpirit of meeknefs and love ; not with the temper of malice and revenge. Thus our Lord fubjoins, " Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them who defpitefully ufe and perfecute you — be ye perfect, as your Father who... | |
| John Hollis - 1801 - 224 pàgines
...let him have thy cloke alfo ; and " wbofoever Jhall compel thee to go a mile, go " with him twain: love your enemies; blefs " them that curfe you; do good to them that " bate you-, and pray for them which defpite« fully ufe you, and perfecute you. This, " certainly,... | |
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