...that she had, even all her living! but, oh ! above and beyond all, Him who, " although he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." Accustom your Children, from early life, to observe, that " this is the way to thrive," whatever the...

...and especially the pious poor, are the proper representatives of him, who. though he was rich* yet for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich. He, then, who hath pity on the poor lendeth to the Lord. Let no man appear at this ordinance empty...

...brethren, by setting before them the ' grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,' who, ' though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich.' Elsewhere we find him enforcing the duty of mutual forbearance and forgiveness, by the consideration...

...expansive benevolence, . who are blessed with property, and are friends to Him, who was rich, yet, for our sakes, became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich, — and request them, from love to Him and to their fellow men, to take into serious consideration the magnitude...

...fruits of their labours ; how much more worthy is he to be remembered, who, " though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." \\ ' ..'. gratitude should swell every heart, while contemplating the length •nd breadth and heigth...

...little do Christians possess the spirit and imitate the conduct of Him " who though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." Who of the~rich among his followers has so remembered the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and so been...

...transgressors, who by their disobedience merited the lowest place in the nether world. " He who was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich." He who was the heighth of glory, descended to this world, to be a mean and abject servant, exposed...

...another dies happy, because he knows and feels the grace of the Lord Jesus, who, when " he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich." (2 Cor. viii. 9.) Of the one we must say, "He feedeth upon ashes; a deceived heart hath turned him...

...stewardship. It directs us to possess the spirit and imitate the example of Him " who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." And it sets before us that exemplification of the gospel given in the lives of the primitive believers,...

...heaven, we can understand their answer but very imperfectly. They tell us that, when he was rich, he for our sakes became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich. They tell us that, when he was in the form of God, he humbled and emptied himself, and took upon him...