...meat and drink, " but righteoufnefs and peace, and joy in " the Holy Ghoft. Let us therefore fol" low after the things which make for " peace, and things wherewith one may *' edify another (a}" Our Saviour him^felf declared againft perfecution in che moft exprefs terms. The Jews and Samaritans...

...mean time, let us remember the great defign of God in our vocation, who hath called us unto peace. Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things where. with one may edify another *. 5 O houfe of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the...

...conftantly before their eyes, to do. all to his glory (i Cor. x. 31.) as much as is in their power, to follow after the things 'which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. (Ro. xiv. 19.) Or we may tranfgrefs our duty, and difturb the happinefs of individuals by unjufl calumny,...

...1794. ROBERT NARES. DISCOURSE I. OH THE MEANS OF REVIVING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF PIETY. ROMANS xiv. 19. Let us [therefore"] follow after the things which...peace, and things wherewith one may edify -another. TH E defign of the chriftian law is to exalt the nature of man, and make him fit for the fociety and...

...exhorted, in the fcriptures, to confult one another's improvement in virtue and goodnefs : Rom. xiv. 19. " Let us therefore follow " after the things which make...peace, and " things wherewith one may edify another :" Heb. x. 24. " Let us confider one another to provoke " unto love, and to good works." It being our...

...that they no way profit, no way edify their brethren? How can you overlook thefe plain fcriptures ? " Let us therefore follow after the things which make...peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Wherefore comfort (or exhon) yourfelves together, and edify one another. From whom, (ie Chrifl) the...

...Ghoft. For he that in thefe things ferveth Chrift, " is acceptable to God, and approved of men. ** Let us therefore follow after the things which " make...peace, and things wherewith one may " edify another. We that are ftrong ought to bear " the infirmities of the weak, and not to pleafe our" felves : for...

...we muft fet ourfelves to be ufeful to men in this world, and live to be ufeful in it, Rom. xiv. 19. "Let us therefore follow after the things which make...peace, and things wherewith one may edify another." Chap. xv. 2. " Let every one of us pleafe his neighbour for y his good to edification." We are members...

...or is offended, or is made weak; to take heed that they offend not one of these little ones ; to " follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another;" and to have their conversation in the world, honest and exemplary; that whereas the men of the world...

...10, 1798, AT THE CONSECRATION or M ONTGOMERT LOt)GE at FRANKLIN. ROMANS xiv. 19. "LET US,*THEREFORE, FOLLOW AFTER THE THINGS WHICH MAKE FOR PEACE, AND THINGS WHEREWITH ONE MAT EDIFT ANOTHER." 1 HE Apoftle, perceiving that fome diffenfions had arifen between the jewith and...