...are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is agamft them that do evil. 13 And who,;'* he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? 14 But and if ye fuffer for righteoufnefs' fake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror,...

...hurt, my wound is grievous ! bat I faid. Truly this is a grief, and I mull bear it. i Pet. iii. 13. And who is he that will harm you; if ye .be followers of that which is good ? • * viz. iff themfelvet, but much evil, i Pet. K. 1 i. Dearly beloved, 1 befeech you as ftrangers...

...wonnd is grievous: but I fai4. Truly this is a grief, and I muft bcarir. : Pet. iii. 13. And who i» ho that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ! a In themfelves, but much evil, i Pet. ii. n. Dearly beloved, I befeech you, as ftrangers and pilgrims,...

...none, but wifhes and purfues univerfal concord and happinefs ? The general maxim of the apoftle — " Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ?" may VOL. II. ' K be be applied with peculiar propriety to the meek. This difpofition cannot fail...

...exprefiion, draws on another, and fo the injury, fpreads. Whereas, on the other hand, as the apoftle argues, who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? If you keep a prudent care over your own eonduft with regard to others, you will generally draw the...

...Creator." — ." The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ; and his ears are open to their prayers — and who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? But if ye fuffer for righteoufnefs fake, happy are you. — It is belter to fuffer for well doing,...

...Creator."—" The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous ; and his ears are open to their prayers—and who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? But if ye fuffer for ricbtcoufnefs fake, happy are you.—It is better to fuffer. for well doing,...

...difference between harm and injury must have appeared to the sacred writers. When St. Peter says, •* Who is he that will harm you if ye be followers of that ** which is good?" 1 Pet. iii. 13. — When our Lord declares, that if believers " drink any deadly thing it shall not...

...fail in the same way, in another passage where the person of our Saviour is to be understood ; " Who will " harm you, if ye be followers of that which is " good? where it ought rather to be, "if ye be followers, (or imitators) of that good one, Christ? for the...

...where fin is removed in its guilt and power, the greateft evils cannot harm us : 2 Pet. iii. 13. " And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good ?" Difeafes, crofles, death itfelf, without it, is like a ferpent .without a fting, i Cor. xv. 55....