| Elisha Smith - Deism - 1737 - 492 pages
...itsCommiffion, of being that tf^ifdom from ahove, which is firft pure, iben peace* able, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, full of Mercy and good Fruits, without Partiality, and without Hypocrify *, ' . • „ AND where Temperance and Juftice were notorioufly deficient, as in Felix and Drufilla,... | |
| John Orr (Archdeacon of Ferns.) - Sermons, English - 1749 - 440 pages
...Dictates of the Wifdom that is from above, vcr. 17. •which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated ; full of Mercy and good Fruits, without Partiality, and without Hypocrify. SE RSERMON VIII. The moral Value and Worth of Faith confidered, and particularly exemplified in the... | |
| Sophia Hume - Society of Friends - 1752 - 166 pages
...Faith, Meekmjs, Temperance, Galatians v. 22. And theWijdom which is Jrom above, (or from God) is Jirft pure, then peaceable, gentle, eafy to be entreated, full of Mercy, and good Fruits, -without Partiality , and without Hypo* crijy, James iii. 17. After the Apoftle had been... | |
| John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 482 pages
...But the wifdom which is D d 3 " from 4 " from above, is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, *' and eafy to be entreated; full of mercy and good " fruits; without partiality, and without hypocrify: «' and the fruit of righteoufnefs is fown in peace of *' them that make peace." ™- s SERMON LXXXI1I.... | |
| Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1778 - 508 pages
...text is taken from James iii. 17. < The wifdom from above is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify.' The author defcribes the origin of Chriftianiry, and its diftlnguifhing charañeriltics, contralting with... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 444 pages
...and every evil •work : Whereas ifie wifdom from above, is firft pure; then peaceabte, gentle, and eafy to be entreated; full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify. This is the true heavenly wifdom, which Chriftianity only can boaft of, and which the greateft of the... | |
| George Croft - Church history - 1786 - 240 pages
...clamorous for reformation are generally the leaft qualified to effect it ; for true wifdom is* pure, peaceable, gentle, eafy to be entreated, full of mercy...fruits, without partiality and without hypocrify. * James 3. xvii. SERMON SERMON IV. PSA L. Ixxx. V. 9. THOU PREPAREDST ROOM BEFORE IT, THOU DIDST CAUSE... | |
| Missions - 1799 - 614 pages
...exemplify tftat blefled truth, " The wifdom that is from above is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify.* — 2. The gain of true godlinefs is great, if we confider what a fatisfying portion it is. Whilil... | |
| English literature - 1796 - 746 pages
...urge him to try hie fpirit by the infallible touchftone of ture. Is it pure, is w peaceable, is it gentle, eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and good...fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrify ? It it ftiouW be deficient in any of thefe amiable qualities, let him be cautions of indulging it,... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1798 - 408 pages
...above is the true Chriftian Philofophy ; that wifdom which, we are told *, " is firft pure, then w peaceable, gentle, eafy to be entreated, full of "...fruits, without partiality, and " without hypocrify." Hardnefs of heart, we have feen, is incompatible with this wifdom which mfull of mercy. The bofom muft... | |
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