iveaocomems; comfortable walking withGod. 103 Be thou then for ever alhamed to take on for every trifle : to breake patience upon every triviall provocation; to turne Lyon in thine ownehonk, and which rs common in carnali worldlings, to rage withextreme folly andbafenefre againfi thywife, children, fervants, =tell, or any thing that comes in thy way, for every croft, accident, worldly lofle, dome- fticall mifearriage : nay, many times to torture thine owne heart, and trouble others in this kind upon meere mil -ta- kings, groundleffè furrnizes, and mifconitru&ions : but ra- thertake this gracious leflinfrom the Lord Iefus his owne mouth, Matti,. ix. 29. Learne ofHate,for l am lowlyofheart, and an example of patience from his firfi Mawr, A6t. 7.60. Lord, lay not thisfnne totheir charge. ;. Let the fweet experience of Gods patient and merci= cifull dealing with thee, foften thine heart with a compafli- onate fenfe ofother mens weakenefl'es, and a melting for- wardnefl'eto forgive. If hee out of the riches of his mercy bath remitted unto thee ten thonfand Talents , whata bate wretchedneffe were it to fiye in the faceofthy fellow-fer- vant, and to take him by the throat for an hundred pence ? If he intreated thee of all loves, andwith all long- fuffering, to come intohis ftretched-out armes of mercy, when thou layfi wallowing abominably in the gore-bloud ofthymany fcar- let and crimfin Gnnes; foughteft on the Divels fide, to the Toile ofthevery life-bloudof thy foule; and every time thou camefi to the Lords Supper, {hedil theprecious blond ofhis blefled Sonne : what athame is it unto thee to fall a raging, and fwell with anger, for themeere over - fight, many times, unwillingmifearriage, and unpurpofed errour ofthofe, per- haps , which otherwife obferve thee with obfequioufneffe and love ? 4. Ifa man will not bee moved, with more faireand in- genuous motives, to matter and mortifie this Bedlam rage (I fpeake in this paflâge to him that hates to bee reformed ;) let him bee amazed, amend for fhame ; fith the holy Gboß bathcharged every man, not to meddle, or make any league óffriendfhip with hip , while bee nouri{heth, and gives the H '4 reines
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