...knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing." And this is what He did. " When He was reviled, He reviled not again ; when He suffered, He threatened not." You will thus enjoy His approving love ; and, who knows, you may thus so " adorn His...

...most barbarous treatment : the vilest affronts were offered to him, and yet he was meek as a lamb. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not. He gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that pluched offthe hair ;...

...servant, even as I had pity on thees?" Again, Christ suffered the most unmerited injuries with patience: "when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righte« Matt. v. 39. 44. i Matt, xviii....

...condemned sin in the flesh, came filled with holy love for sinners. He bore with their contradiction. ' When he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not ; hut committed himself to him that judgeth uprightly.' He prayed for his murderers...

...spirit. The aversion, too, the fear,—if not contempt and Study the character of Jesus. Mark how " when he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously,—by whose stripes ye were healed."...

...slaughter, and as a sheep before the shearers is dumb, so opened he not his mouth ;' Isa. liii. 7. ' for when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth rightly;' 1 Pet. ii. 23. So that the ground...

...example of meekness which Christ displayed, tinder the greatest insults that malice could devise. *' When he was reviled, he reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously h ." Call to mind his patience...

...suffered for us, leaving us an example that we cc2 THE EXAMPLE OF CHRIST. should follow his steps ; when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not. He deeply felt indeed every affliction, as appears from his intense prayers during...

...condemned sin in the flesh, came filled with holy love for sinners. He bore with their contradiction. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth uprightly." He prayed for his murderers,...

...that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you." A. 1 Peter ii. 23. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to Him that judgeth righteously." Q. What was the prayer which...