...strife, discord and bloodshed, because this wisdom was anciently described, and remains to be, "Pure, and peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits Î" Would it not prevent and subdue the bitter effects of animosity and party spirit amongst Christian...

...than that which is merely audible. The wisdom that descendeth from above is first pure, then peacable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. Kindness, gentleness, humility, and especially the absence of even'...

...grace of God. In a word, he is influenced by the wisdom from above, which, as it is pure, is likewise peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good works, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. I must just recur to my first head, and observe,...

...fruits of genuine Christianity, as justly as beautifklly represented by the apostle James (chap. iii. 17.) "The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, fall of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." It is, indeed, curious to...

...you. The world will only give it to those of their own knot and party: but the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy...intreated; full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy : and the fruits of righteousness are sown in peace of them that...

...Scripture — refer its origin to heaven. " It is that wisdom, which is from above, and is rim pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypOcrjsy."t ll is certain that there is, in some minds, an inherent natur.il...

...additionally bound to cultivate, exemplify, and recommend that " wisdom from above, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated ; full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy;" that, as the disastrous effects of an opposite behaviour in such...

...which tIn- apostle James insists on, as the proper evidence of a truly wise and good man: James iii. 17. " The wisdom that is from above is first pure,...intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy." And such are the signs of true Christianity, which the apostle...

...where envying and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work. But the. wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and...easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits. Every thing that appertains to holiness of heart, does indeed belong to the nature of true Christianity,...

...and permanent than before. " The wisdom, 44 that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable -T •' gentle and easy to be intreated ; full of mercy and. "* good- fruits ; without partiality, and without hypo•"' crisy : and the fruit of righteousness is sown inr '"' peace of them...