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what
meant by
meek, e
.
,
t7S,
that
obey
n'<t
the
Gol
pell
of
God,
and
if
therightem'
hall
fcarc
e-
ly be
favtd,.,where'hail the
wicked
and
ungodly
appcare:.
If
fo.
many
of
the
righteous
fervancs
of God ihould
futfer
hard
things, and
that
they should goe
through
fuch
great
difficul-
ties to
Heaven,.
what shall become
of
me then
?
shall
the righ-
teous
fcarcely
be laved;
That
is
fav'd
through
many difficulties-
and
dangers
and
ffufferings,
Then
what
shall,
become.
of me
?
Where
(hall
I
appeare
?
for
my
confcience
tells me that
there
is much
unrighteoufneife in me
And.
if Gods deare
Saints
come
to.heave
through
fo
much
trouble,
furely
there
is
trou
ble referved
for
me then
:
there
kind
of thoughts would
break..
your
hearts, and
caufe you
to
mourn:. with
them that
mourns,
blefled
are
they
that doe
thus
mourne, that are
fenl
ible
of
the
affli&ions
ofthe peopleof
God,-for
they
shall
be
comforted:
--
And
thus
now we have
done with that
blef ednefle,
the:.
Second
Beatitude.;
The poore
in
Spirit
;
And thole
that
mourn.
Now then
we are
to
proceed
to
the
Third.
Ble
f
f
ed
are
the
meek, for they
'hall
inherit
the
earth.
Blef
ed
are
the
meek.
Firft
for
the
word
meeke.
Some think
it
comes from
any
Hebrew
word
that
fignifies
to
be thin,
or
low,
or
leane
:
and
fomtimes I find
it
exprefl by
the
fame
word
that
is
ufed for
humility,
for they are
very
neer
akin,
Chria
puts them
toge-
ther,
Learne
of
me (faith
he)
for
I
any
humble
and
meet
The
Latins exprefie
it
byy'the
word
(
miris)
one
that
is
as
it
were
mute,
when
he furfers
any
wrong
:
or elfe from
a
word
A`l
"inenda
taken from
beafis
that
are
not fierce, but are
accuflomed
to
r,i"r;am
satins:
ones
hand, Meek, The word
that
is
in my
text
it
is
one
that
is
of
a
temper
of fpirit
eafie
to be intreated, of
a
facile fpirit-:
And the nature ofnreekneife
confifis
efpecially
in
the
right
moderation
of
the
paillon
of
anger
:
The
due gracious
mode-
ration
ofthe
pa
lion
of
anger
:.
Thofe
men
or
women
that have
power-