of the New Testament (Matt. 5:10–12; 19:28–30).—Lange’s Commentary. This promise is all one with that of the Apostle Paul, when, speaking of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost, he saith, “that he which in these things serveth Christ, pleaseth God and is acceptable to men” (Rom. 14:18). Man is so constituted that, in some respects, he must have objects outside of himself to lean upon. As a child, he leans
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