465 / 808
VAR.
Z.
Ephefiant,Chap.,4.
4
g
and
fluggifh
fpirit, fuch
as
is
taxed Mold
Eli, who
when
hee fbould
have thundred
at
his fonnes
for their notorious
wickedneffe, yea have
fharply punifh
d
them,
did onely
in a
puling cold manner expoftulate
with
them, o
my
fonnes,
why
doe
you
there
things
?
and
how
is
it
that
1
hhare thefe
will
reports
of
you!
As
in
cSMafis
there was
meekneffe above
all
men,
fo
zeale
for God
had its free
courte,
and
though
hee
would
yieldmuch
of
his
owne
right,as to
Pharaoh
when thou
wilt require
me
to
pray
for
thee,
Exod.8. 9. yet
in
Gods right
he
would not
yield
that
an
hook of
the cattle
fhould be left
behind,
Exec/.
to.
z6. And though
in
his
owne injury
he was
not
flirted,
Numb.
12.
z,
3.
yet
in
Gods
dif-
honour
his
holy
anger was
fo
inflamed, that he brake
the
tables
of
the
Covenant, ground the
golden calfe to
powder,
cart
the
duff
into the
water,
and
made the people
to
drinke
of
ir,
yea and caufed
many
of
the
idolatrous
people
to
be
(Line,
Exod. 32.
Nor
thirdly, doth
it
let
us.
to
Peek
the
due
amendment
of
a
brother
in
his finne
by reproofe
or
any
other courfe, but rather
direr
l
us
how
we fhould
performe
it.
If
a bro-
they
be
fallen
by
an
occafton,
the Aponte doth not bid that
our
of
the
(pirit
of
meekneffe
we fhould let him
lye,
and for
£care
of
being fome
gricfe
to
him
or
difpleafing
him
,
not
admonifh
him
,
but
that
wee
!hould re/lore
him,
and doe
what
we
did to that
end
,
with the
/ßirit
of
meekneffe.
It
were (mall meekneffe or mercy
to
let
a
man lye,
that
by
a
fall
bath broken
a
leg or put a
member out
of
joint
, and
not
fet
hand
to
cure him for fearè
of
putting him
to
paine,
or
moving him
to anger,
but
as
out
of
pity
we
were totake him
up,
and
endeavòur our heft to
reftore
him: fo this muff
be done with
a
gentle
hand and tender ufage,
as
his cafe
doth
require: fo
is
it
in.reltoring
a
brother
fallen
by
finne,
from
which
meekneffe muff
not hold
us
back
,
but
advife
us
how
to
goe about and order
that work. Finally,therefore
fo
it
is
that
none can
be
a
right Chriftian who
is
not
in his
meafure furnifhed
with this ver-
tue and
other
of
like
nature. But
there
fall
out times
and places
where
they mull lye (till,
and
the
exercifc
of
them
be
fufpended,
that
other
vertues may
the more
fully doe
their
office
and take
their turne;
even
as
to
make
good
Muflck
all
the
firings muff be
in
tune, but it
is
not
for
all íä1l
to
found, but fome
at fome
time
muff
bee
(till and filent,
that
others may doetheir
part and their found be
heard.
Now
for the grounds
of
meekneffe we may
gather thefe
out
of
the
Scripture.
t.
The
example
of
our
bleffed
Saviour. Learnt
of
me,
for
1
am meek,
&c. For if there
were fuch
meekneffe in him
who
is
the Ly-
on
of
the tribe
of¡dab,
the
God
of
glory,
as
that
he
bare much
fcorn.
full
and
contemptuous
ufage
without
any
lealt motion
of
wrath or
re-
venge, yca
fo
that
he
prayed
for his enemies , and
for
peace
yielded
of
his
right,
and payd
tribute
whereas he was free ; what meekneffe
fhould
we ftrive
for,
and frame our felves
unto,
who
are filly gra(hop-
pers
and
crawling
wormesofthe
earth,
baker
by
finne
then
bafeneffe
it
felfe:
Gods
kind and
gentle
dealing
towards
us; wee have and doe oft
and haynoufly
offend
him, whom yet
we have
found
fo kind and
good
as
t
sam.x.a;.
Gal
6.
s.
The
grounds
ofincekflea.
Math.
ic.
:t.
Matth.17.r7.
2.