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

Blessed are the meek

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Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5:5.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled. Matthew 5:6.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Matthew 5:7.

1771 text

Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.

Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

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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.

Reference

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

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