Chap.5. according to SM A T T HE vv. 103 one for theother, as P a1.36. [ r. Adver[ enirrm hominem manfis. erttm reddunt, faith Chemnitius A.tíd , how ever it goo with the outwardman, Them<ek/ballfind: refl. to their mis,Mar. r r. 29. Yea the meek in the Lord Jhall enereafe their joy, Ifii. 29. 19. And for outward refpeas : Meek Mofes complains not of Miri- ams murmurings, but God ftrikes in for him the more. And he J,i,g.so, that fàid, Ifeeknot mine orzn glory , addes, But there is one that feeketh it, and jttdgeth. God takes his part ever that tights not for himfeif, and is champion to him that 4rivcs not, but,for peace fàke,parteth with his own right, otherwhiles. For they Jhall inherit the earth.] O.se would think that meek men, thatbear and forbear, thatpucup and forgive,committing their caurfe to him that judyeoh righte,ou/ly (as Chrift did) ( hould befoonbaflied, and out- (worn out of their patrimony, with ho- n ft Naboth. But there's nothing foil: by meeknefldand yeeldance. Abraham yeelds over his right of choice : Lot taketh it. And be- hold, Lot is croffed in that which he chofe, e"fbrabm, bleffed in that which was left him. God never fìders any man to leefè by an humble remifiion of right, in a defire of peace. The heavens,even the heavens are the Lords : but the Pi-al. 111.16. earth bath hegiven to the childrenofmen : Yet with this provi(o, that as heaven is takenby violence, fo is earth by meeknefle. And God ( the true proprietary) loves no tenants better, nor grants longer leales to any, then to the meek. They fball inherit, that P:oY13.zi, is, peaceably enjoy what they have, and transferre it to pofterity, they (hall give inheritance to their childrenschildren. As on the other fide, frowardneffe forfeits ail into the Lords hands, and he many times taketh the forfeiture, and outs fuch perlons, comes upon themwith afirma ejeE lone, as upon Amalek, A/nmelech, andothers. Au9xfuas otívonf:3- fp;tpcla laid Plato. The Lord Trea(U- rer Burleigh was wont to fay, That he overcame envy and ill Will more bypatience then pertinacy, His private efface he managed with that integrity, that he never filed any man, no man ever fuedhim. He was in the number of thofefew (faith M. G'ar de 3 ) Cam,/ Eitt.fol. that lived and died with glory. For as lowlioeffe of heart (hall 4'4` make you high with God : even fo meeknefle of fpirit and of peech {A1 d Mon. ¡hall make youfnke into theharts of men,faid M.Tindall in a let- ter of his to JohnFrith,afterwards his fellow- Martyr. laeprt. Verfe6. Blefedarethefethathunger and thirf after rights ¡alu rata. oufnefrt.I The righteoufnefle of Chrifl both imputed and im- tie miler+ H 4 parted. lita
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