He had gone about Galilee
Our Lord had now gone about all Galilee, beginning at the time when John was cast into prison, not only teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, but also healing every kind of sickness and every kind of disease among the people. It was a natural consequence of this that great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from the region beyond the Jordan. And seeing the multitudes, whom no synagogue could contain, even if one had been at hand, he went up onto a mountain, where there was room for all who came to him from every quarter. And when he was seated, as the manner of the Jews was, his disciples came to him. And he opened his mouth, an expression that marks the beginning of a solemn discourse, and taught them, saying.
1771 text
1. OUR Lord had now gone about all Galilee, beginning at the time when John was cast into prison, not only teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, but likewise healing all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease among the people. It was a natural consequence of this, that there followed him great multitudes from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from the region beyond Jordan. And seeing the multitudes, whom no synagogue could contain, even had there been any at hand, he went up into a mountain, where there was room for all, that came unto him from every quarter. And when he was set, as the manner of the Jews was, his disciples came unto him. And he opened his mouth (an expression denoting the beginning of a solemn discourse) and taught them, saying――
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Sermon 21 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:1-4.
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