...Abraham, .a thought which they could not endure. To which agree the words of the apostle : Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who though he was rich, yet for your sake lie became poor, that ye through his poverty might become rich, (b) I am , not now proving...

...spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." " Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." JM CONTENTION AND WAR. Extracts from the Commentaries of Dr. Adam Clarke, on the Scriptures. Gen. xxvi....

...unites such numerous and important claims ? And before you come to the final decision, remember, ' The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for your sukes became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.' FOREIGN. EXILED SWISS .MINISTERS....

...rather that we may manifest by untiring liberality our discipleship to Him, " who, though he was rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich." It is, of course, impossible that all can contribute to every appeal, even of which they admit the...

...wonder-working divine energy. They are to feel the powerful influence of the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. The abundance of their joy, in their unreserved consecration of themselves to their Lord and Master,...

...those who are relieved by our benevolence — and above all, from the love and condescension of the Lord Jesus Christ, who ' though he was rich, yet for...poor, that we through his poverty, might be rich.' Here are motives exactly fitted to act on a pious soul. But these are not all. Look back, and see what...

...certainly to learn a lesson from the present case ? Were they to lay more to heart their obligations to HIM who, though He was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich ; and, from this consideration, were to undergo a degree of selfdenial, I would not say in the necessaries...

...thunders against us, as children of deserved wrath, and " dead in trespasses and sins ; " and " you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor ;" voluntarily offering himself a sacrifice for sin, and redeeming us from the arm of the Law, by being...

...times precious; but particularly so when you have been reviewing the wonders of his love, and admiring the " grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who though he was rich, yet for our sakes became poor, that i we through his poverty might be rich ;" who " humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even...

...from wrath, and to procure a mansion of glory for my future accommodation? Contemplate, therefore, "the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who though he was rich, yet for your sakes became poor, that ye, through his poverty, might be rich :" And in this contemplation oj...