Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse II · §2

Blessed are the meek

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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7.

1771 text

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

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Catalogue & scope

Sermon 22 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:5-7.

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