 | Samuel Whelpley - Capital punishment - 1816 - 140 pages
...that may be, the command of Christ to his followers is, that "ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also. If any man shall sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also ; and whosoever... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - Capital punishment - 1818 - 142 pages
...that may be, the command of Christ to his followers is, " that ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also. If any man shall sue thee at the law and take away thy coat, give him thy cloak also ; and whosoever... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1821 - 448 pages
...enjoins you to return good for evil, anger with gentleness, and injuries with kindness: Whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also ; and if any man will sue at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also : and whosoever... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pages
...blessed Saviour recommend to us? A humble resignation. His precept also does the same ; ' if thiue enemy smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.' St. Peter likewise reasons very well with us to that effect. 'This is thank-worthy, if a man, for conscience... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 548 pages
...blessed Saviour recommend to us? A humble resignation. His precept also does the same ; ' if thine enemy smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.' St. Peter likewise reasons very well with us to that effect. 'This is thank-worthy, if a man, for conscience... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 538 pages
...blessed Saviour recommend to us? A humble resignation. His precept also does the same ; ' if thine enemy smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.' St. Peter likewise reasons very well with us to that effect. 'This is thank-worthy, if a man, for conscience... | |
 | 1831 - 642 pages
...hristian meekness, that passage ef Scripture being powerfully applied to his mind, "Whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also." He was confined to his bed room for about three months before his death : during this period, he was... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - Education - 1837 - 216 pages
...treasures on earth," — "love not the world," — "judge not, that ye be not judged," — " if he smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also ! " And if such injunctions were needed for men, good men, how can any system of discipline for the... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1837 - 558 pages
...aii eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also.' Our great lawgiver knew that if a man did not resist an injury, it was impossible he could inflict... | |
 | Sarah Hawkes - 1838 - 726 pages
...Lord's command to his disciples, " Go ye forth as sheep among wolves :" and again, " whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek, turn to him the other also." " Love your enemies," &c. So that Christianity is, in itself, the doctrine of peace. The world never... | |
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I say unto you that ye resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the one cheek turn to him the other also... 
