...ex-ample, that you should follow his steps: he committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he...he threat. ened not; but committed himself to Him who judges right-eously. He exemplified the wisdom that is from above,— pure, peaceable, gentle,...

...than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season," Heb. xi 25. 5. He was meek and lowly in heart; " when he was reviled, he reviled not ; again, when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously," Pet. ii. 23. And thus it may...

...charity's sake, " Neither do I condemn thee. Go and sin no more."b His patience under sufferings. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again, when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself unto him that judgeth righteously."c His readiness to forgive...

...Christ's apostle, " Overcome evil with good." (Rom. 12. 21.) Follow this example of your Saviour, " When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not." (1 Pet. 2. 23.) Keep your tongues from reviling; keep your hands from fighting; keep...

...example, that you should follow his steps: he committed no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth : when he was reviled, he reviled not ag~ain; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to Him who judges righteously. He exemplified the wisdom that...

...village ! Who was ever wronged as he was ? who insulted, who grieved both by friends and foes, like him ? But ' ' when he was reviled, he reviled not again : when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." " As a sheep before her shearers...

...meekness was our Lord Christ. As a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth ; when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. There is something undescribably...

...that speaks in its favour. Christ did not fight himself ; ha was the very opposite of a warrior. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not; but committed himself to HIM that judges righteously." He was unkindly and unjustly...

...our blessed Lord, and what support it brings ! Can any case be more intolerable than this ? Yet, " when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." There is, no doubt, a great...

...Father. 1 He was meek and lowly in heart; he did no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: And though he were a son, yet...