...especially recommended in the gospel as a most amiable and excellent grace. We are commanded to " do nothing through strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves." Phil. 2. 3. This may seem an unreasonable lesson, and inconsistent...

...makes impression upon you some other way ; the words are, Phil. ii. 3—" Let nothing be done thro gb strife or vain-glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than himself." Wife. Your ignorance is as great as your pride ; yon understand not what you read, but pretend...

...mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory ;...better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be1 m you, which was also in Christ...

...Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Col. Hi. 12, 13. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind, let each esteem other better than themselves. Phil. ii. 3. And instead of whispering, railing, and lordly severity, let us hear the wise master builder-...

...abased. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be. not wise in your own conceits, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." If she be ignorant, or negligent, of these Divine precepts, her humility, however acquired, will be...

...provoking one another, envying one another". Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate". Let nothing be done through strife, or vain-glory,...mind, let each esteem other better than themselves f. Be kindly affectionate one to another ; with brotherly love, in honour preferring one another9....

...express itself in the modesty and meekness of their habitual deportment. Let nothing, says the Afwstle, be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness...mind let each esteem other better than themselves. The spirit of Christianity is congenial with its precepts, though it is not in the present life perfectly...

...him of any improper or dangerous meaning: Let nothing be done, says he, through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. The Apostle cannot be supposed to write so inconsistently, as to commend and disclaim strife almost...

...! It is the great apostle's argument, Phil. ii. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; Let nothing be done, says he, through strife or vain-glory ; but in lowliness of...better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ...

...remember, and practically follow, the apostle's advice. " Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." That you may be soon aware of the impropriety of your attack on the ordinances of your Church and the...