Without a cause
But would one not be inclined to prefer the reading of those copies which omit the word "without a cause"? Is it not entirely unnecessary? For if anger at persons is a temper contrary to love, how can there be a cause, a sufficient cause, for it, any cause that will justify it in the sight of God?
1771 text
But would not one be inclined to prefer the reading of those copies, which omit the word, εἰκῆ, without a cause? Is it not entirely superfluous? For if anger at persons be a temper contrary to love, how can there be a cause, a sufficient cause for it? Any that will justify it in the sight of God?
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Sermon 22 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 5:5-7.
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