...lie not against the truth :" (as if the doctrine of Christ were to be blamed for such misconduct :) " this wisdom descendeth not " from above, but is earthly,...sensual, devilish : " for, where envying and strife are, there is con" fusion and every evil work. But the wisdom " that is from above " (the gift of God...

...of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the...intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy."t I know of no better way in which an identity or difference can...

...«u. 15. soever loveth and maketh a lie," Again, " But if ye have bitter envyings and Jame« mu strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the...strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work." — " From whence come James iv. i, wars among you ? come they not hence, even of the lusts of the...

...say, " The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the...strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work/' As we have no direct authority to persecute, so we have no prescription, or rules authorized by custom....

...speaking of that wisdom which is from above, says, " If ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearis, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom...earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife" are, "there is confusion, and every evil work. But the wisdom " which " is from above, is first pure,...

...bitter envying, and strife in your hearts : glory not, &c. This wisdom descendeth not from above, &c. for where envying and strife is, there is confusion...evil work: but the wisdom that is from above, is, &c. peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, &c. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace...

...bitter envying, and strife in your hearts: glory not, &c. This wisdom descendeth not from above, &c. for where envying and strife is, there is confusion...evil work: but the wisdom -that is from above, is, &c. peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, &c. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace...

...agreeable to corrupt nature, have a very general and powerful influence. But the wisdom that if from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and...intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. By wisdom then the apostle most certainly intends, in this plate,...

...Apostle James, speaking of that wisdom which is from above, says, " If ye have hitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but M earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envying and strife" are, " there is confusion, and every evil...

...beautiful developement of our moral virtues, remembering that the wisdom which guides us is Jirst pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. When the pious members of the Establish- , ment, and the various...