Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse II · §19 · John Wesley

What righteousness is

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Righteousness, as was observed before, is the image of God, the mind which was in Christ Jesus (Philippians 2:5). It is every holy and heavenly temper in one, springing from, as well as ending in, the love of God as our Father and Redeemer, and the love of all people for his sake.

1771 text

2. Righteousness (as was observed before) is the image of God, the mind which was in Christ Jesus. It is every holy and heavenly temper in one; springing from, as well as terminating in the love of God, as our Father and Redeemer, and the love of all men, for his sake.

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The second sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 5:5-7: the meek, those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, and the merciful.

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 22 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:5-7.

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