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wherein
meekleffe
confis.
vokt
my anger, and thou'.woulda
.have .me
elie
1
would
not be
angry.
And then
feç
ndly, A moderation
of
anger.
in
refpe&
of
the
time
of am
er
;
that
is,
Fi.rft,
That it be not too
fuddaine.
Secondly,
Thatir
be not
unfeafonable.
Thirdly, That
it
be
not
lattina.
In
thefe
three
things
meekneffe
Both
moderate
anger.
Firtt;
That
it
be
not
fuddaine,
There
is
nothing wherein
men
and
women are
more fuddaine, then in
the
paifion
of
an-
ger,and
there
is
nothing wherein they
thould
be
more
delibe-
rate,
if
there
be
a
thing wherein
there
is
juft
caufe why you
thould
be
angry, why you may
be
angry
an
hour
hence,
and
it
were
a
good
way
where
there
is any
thing
falls
out
that
pro-
vokes
to
anger you,
Firtt
weigh and confider
ofthe thing, and
then if there be
fufficient caufe
let
out your anger
after
:
But
now
when
men
and
women
are fuddainly angry,they have
gun
-
powder
fpirits
that
a
little
fpark
puts
them
all
on
a
fire in
an
inftant, that
one would
wonder at
the
fuddaine
change
that
is often times in
many
men
and women
in
á
family, all things
are
quiet now,
and on
a
fuddaine all things are
in
a
Hurly-
]
burly.
And then
fecondly,
that it
be not
unfeafonable,
as
now,when
you
are
to
performe duties, ô take heed of anger then; are
you
to
go
to prayer,
why
whatfoever
falls
out
if
you'have
the
grace
of
meeknefle,
you
would
fo
far
curb your felves
as
to
fay,
let
paufion
flay
till
I
have
done my
prayer, this
we.
re
an
excellent
thing
if
there were this
meekneffe in familyes,
why
when
men
and
their
wives
and familyes are going
to prayer,
many
times
the
Devil
will
lay
before
you fome
temptations to
provoke
your
patfion, and
he
knows
that then
your
prayer is fpoyled
if
he
can
but put
you
into
a
pail
on; whynow
if
there be the grace
of meekneffe
to
over power anger, and
can
make anger
tobe
a
Servant
to
you
and not your
Lord,
you
fruftrate
Satans
defies
e
then:
Suppofe a
fervant, or neighbour,
or
child
Both
otherwtfe
then they
ought,
yet
you can fay
to
anger flay
here
till
I
have
done prayer and afterwards
I
will confider
of
you
then,
and fo
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