...put up petitions SERM. tions for the insulter, in return for death XVIII. he gave redemption : — " When he was " reviled, he reviled not again ; when he " suffered, he threatened not." Nor did his amiable disposition forsake him when in his dying agonies — his last...

...a .lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers, is dumb, so 'he opened not his mouth. "When he wa,s reviled, he reviled not again. When he suffered, he threatened not." Patient and holy lamb of Gad! bitter anguish and misery penetrated thy innocent bosom;...

...to their charge." "•I'.erthan Joseph, a greater than • •' ¿ii greater than Stephen, is here. He endured every kind of insult ; but "when he was...reviled, he reviled not again : when he suffered, he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously." Go to the foot of the cross,...

...example, that we should follow his steps, who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth ; who, when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously.'^ Sect. 4. PAUL, who was also...

...manner of spirit ye art of; for the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.\-. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not. The insults, which he often received from a brutal multitude, had no power to alter...

...called to struggle with, then surely you will be ashamed to complain. Admire and imitate his meekness ; when he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; he wept for his enemies, and prayed for his murderers. Let the same mind be in you...

...Examples of Christ all tend unto peace. , His whole life was the Tery pattern of meekness and gentleness. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened not ; but, with infinite patience, bears the indignation of God and the indignities of men....

...noice in the " streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, " and smoking flax shall he not quench. " When he was reviled, he reviled not again. " When he suffered, he threatened not." To the errours of his friends, he was mild and gentle; he was patient under, and ready...

...to the " slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers " is dumb, so He opened not His mouth." For " when He was reviled, He reviled not again ; " when He suffered, He threatened not ; but " committed Himself to Him that judgeth " righteously." He was the firstling of...

...the most tender forbearance ; to their desertion and denial of him the most endearing forgiveness. When he was reviled, he reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not, but committed himself to Him •who judge 'th 'right eoufly. He "was as a lamb led...