Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse I · §2 · John Wesley

He went up into a mountain

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And seeing the multitudes, he went up onto a mountain, and when he was seated, his disciples came to him. Matthew 5:1.

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying, Matthew 5:2.

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:3.

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. Matthew 5:4.

1771 text

And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

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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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