...and shed his precious blood. Our deceased friend thus " knew the grace of our " Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet " for our sakes he became poor, that we, through " his poverty, might be rich :" and this influenced him in the use of that affluence, and in the improvement of those...

...family when he came into the world, displaying his great goodness and condescension ; for " though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich."4 Q. Was not our blessed Saviour, at his presentation in the temple, manifested to the...

...14, and ' become the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him ;' Heb. v. 9. — ' Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich/ 2 Cor. viii. 9. — ' He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for...

...because the representation corresponds to him. The Apostle, speaking of our Sa"vior, says, that "tho he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich," and in Christian Repository. 105 another place he represents that he became thus poor,...

...glory ; and clothed himself in a frail mortal body. He took upon him our degraded nature. " Though he was rich, yet for our " sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty " might be made rich." Though he was the eternal Son of God, and " thought it not robbery to be equal...

...the duty of benevolence by the apostle's argument, " for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich;" nor reconciliation with our enemies for the consideration, that...

...himself and of his God as the very fowls of heaven. But now, said he, I know the grace of the Lord Jesus, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich. They asked him if he was any happier since he knew these things. Happier ! said...

...Son, let me not he high minded, but fear.— Let me behold the grace of our Lord Jesus, who, though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich. — And let me be a living and lively member of that church, which is founded in...

...himself to a mean, low, and afflicted life upon earth. Such was " the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich."g Out of love he died : he who was " Lord of all,'"1 " the Lord of glory,"' " the brightness...

...closed with a prayer for his murderers. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, says an apostle, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich. All the offers of the gospel are made in the purest spirit of benevolence. The light...