roo General( dirediatssfor a and therefore faith Paul, Eph 4.26. Beye angry, andArne not. Vpon the deferibing and limiting ofwhich, is is neither çj- dent nor feafonable for meat this time to inflf}, Now then in a feconel place, for religious dire6}ions, and more immediately drawne fromdivine learning, confider: i. That all thy wrongs andunworthy ufages, all thy in- juries and indignities, crofles and uncomfortable accidents, that (hall ever any way befall thee, are fore- appointed, or- dered, and difpofed byGods wifeand mercifuIl providence, . and that to thy fpirituall and everlalling good. This very ene thought,that God is ever the principali Agent,kept frefh and ou foote in thy mind, will bee of foveraigne power to, coole and beate backe any intemperate heate, which might either rife in thine heart, or rage in thy tongue againft his iraftruments; and caufe thee many times when thou art cha- fing-ripe, and ready to rave, to lay thy hand upon thymouth, . and fay unto God fweetly with David Pfal. 39 9. I mqs dum6e, I opened not my mouth, becaufe thou didff it. And not like a child, to beate the place that hurt it; hut rather to walkemore heedfully:or afoolifh Curre,to(narkand frL tch at the ftone, never looking after the thrower : or a madman, to bitethe fword that flicks in his flefh; but rather to pull. it. out foftly, andget to the Chirurgion. There was matter and malice enough in the mouth ofSheariei, to have made Davids royal' heart naturally to rife with implacable indignation a gainft that deaddogge : unkindnefle and crueltie enough in thehearts ofIofephsBrethren, tohave made him for ever un- reconcileable :. wrong and villanie enough in the carriageof the Caldeans, tohave ft lob on fire with rage and revenge againft them,: But thefe holy men bypraftifè ofthe prefent point , and from the ftrength ofthis confideration which I nowcommend, for the reftraint of choler, procured a great . deale of fweete peace and patience to their owne hearts,. pleafedne% and acceptationwith. God, admirationand ex- ample to pofteritie : For they glanced by the meanes and the men, and fattened their eyes upon their Maker, and thefirft Moover,Iafepb lookt beyondhis Brethrens barbarousdealing with
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