| Thomas Chalkley - Christian life - 1808 - 582 pages
...Which fruits are love, charity, meekness, temperance, patience, experience, hope, faith, and wisdom from above, which is pure and peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated," to all and every thing that is good. And thpse who have the Holy Spirit, bring forth fruits... | |
| Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 424 pages
...modest and teachable, mild and condescending. "The wisdom which is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." The apostle says, " The spirits of the prophets are subject... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 578 pages
...of a truly wise and good man : James iii. 17. " The wisdom that is from' Above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, 'full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."' And such are the signs of true Christianky, which the... | |
| James Fordyce - Sermons, English - 1809 - 332 pages
...pleasing to its author. What says St. James ? " The wisdom that is from above " is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to " be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits." Such is the temper of Christianity, and such are its effects^ To cherish them in yourselves let all... | |
| Christian biography - 1810 - 480 pages
...life and conduct, exemplify that blessed truth, "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without par* IPetiS. tiality, and without hypocrisy.* 2. The gain of true godliness is great, if we... | |
| William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 458 pages
...with which all men are by nature possessed, for the wisdom that is from above, and is jirst pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy ; answering in every respect to the temper and voice of a... | |
| William Warburton - 1811 - 472 pages
...the followihg Characters of real inspiration — THE WISDOM THAT is FROM ABOVE IS FIRST PURE; THEN PEACEABLE, GENTLE, AND EASY TO BE INTREATED, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUITS, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, AND WITHOUT HYPOCRISY f. It is worthy our notice, that, in this rule or direction... | |
| William Warburton (Bp. of Gloucester), Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 466 pages
...the followihg Characters of real inspiration — THE WISDOM THAT is FROM ABOVE IS FIRST PURE; THEN PEACEABLE, GENTLE, AND EASY TO BE INTREATED, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUITS, WITHOUT PARTIALITY, AND WITHOUT HYPOCRISY f. It is worthy our notice, that, in this rule or direction... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1812 - 420 pages
...is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." Jn these passages it is denied, that the bad actions of... | |
| William Melmoth - Apologetics - 1812 - 410 pages
...malice; Eph. iv. 31. and endeavours to attain that wisdom which is from above, which \sfirst pure, then peaceable, gentle and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits. Jam. iii. \7. This principle of love, and charity, and good-will to mankind, as it renders the mind... | |
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