...because the representation corresponds to him. The Apostle, speaking of our Sa"vior, says, that "tho he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich," and in Christian Repository. 105 another place he represents that he became thus poor,...

...eternal glories, and appeared in the form of a servant, to suffer and to die: "Though he was rich, for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich J." This was love passing knowledge, to pour out his blood, his life, his soul, for those who by nature...

...eternal glories, and appeared in the form of a servant, to suffer and to die : ' though he was rich, for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich.'|| This was love passing knowledge, to pour out his blood, his life, his soul, for those who by nature...

...family when he came into the world, displaying his great goodness and condescension ; for " though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be rich."4 Q. Was not our blessed Saviour, at his presentation in the temple, manifested to the...

...God as the very fowls of heaven. But now, said he, I know the grace of the Lord Jesus, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich. They asked him if he was any happier since he knew these things. Happier ! said Teito, with tears in...

...or reduced to order; and that God had made him " heir of all things" here; that " though he was thus rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich;" that " though he was even in the form of God, he took on himself the form of a servant, and was made...

...reduced to order; and that God had made him " heir of all things" here ; that " though he was thus rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich;" that " though he was even in the form of God, he took on himself the form of a servant, and was made...

...the cross sensibly draws. " Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, in that, though he was rich, for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be made rich." " I drew them with cords of a man — with bands of love." Benefits are the cords of a man, which,...

...into which be is fallen, shines forth with much greater splendour and magnificence. He humbled himself for our sakes; " He became poor, that we, through his poverty, might be made rich." No act revealed in the sacred scriptures, no solemnity either in heaven or upon earth, can be compared...

...mean, low, and afflicted life upon earth. Such was " the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor, that we through his poverty might be rich."g Out of love he died : he who was " Lord of all,'"1 " the Lord of glory,"' " the brightness...