Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse I · §15 · John Wesley

The humble

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Who then are the poor in spirit? Without question, the humble. Those who know themselves. Those who are convinced of sin. Those to whom God has given that first repentance, which comes before faith in Christ.

1771 text

4. Who then are the poor in spirit? Without question, the humble; they who know themselves: who are convinced of sin: those to whom God hath given that first repentance, which is previous to faith in Christ.

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The first of thirteen sermons on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 5:1-4: who is speaking, whom He teaches, and the poor in spirit and those who mourn.

EditionPrinted in Wesley's 1771 Works, which do not say when he preached it

Wesley's own sermon in updated English wording. The 1771 panel is the text of the Works Wesley himself had printed in 1771. It is public domain.

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Sermon 21 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:1-4.

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