Do not fall short of them
Whoever therefore you are who bear the holy and venerable name of a Christian, see first that your righteousness does not fall short of the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees. Do not be as other men are. Dare to stand alone, to be
1771 text
12. Whosoever therefore thou art, who bearest the holy and venerable name of a Christian, see, first that thy righteousness fall not short of the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees. Be not thou as other men are. Dare to stand alone, to be
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 25 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:17-20.
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