Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount Discourse IX · §29 · John Wesley

Merciful as he is merciful

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Now God is love (1 John 4:8). Therefore those who resemble him in the spirit of their minds are transformed into the same image (2 Corinthians 3:18). They are merciful even as he is merciful (Luke 6:36). Their soul is all love. They are kind, benevolent, compassionate, tenderhearted, and that not only to the good and gentle but also to the wayward (1 Peter 2:18). Yes, they are, like him, loving to every man, and their mercy extends to all his works (Psalm 145:9).

1771 text

Now God is love. Therefore they who resemble him in the spirit of their minds, are transformed into the same image. They are merciful, even as he is merciful. Their soul is all love. They are kind, benevolent, compassionate, tender-hearted: and that not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. Yea, they are, like him, loving unto every man, and their mercy extends to all his works.

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The ninth sermon on the Sermon on the Mount, on Matthew 6:24-34: no one can serve God and mammon, so take no anxious thought and seek first the kingdom of God.

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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 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.

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