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Iba

Wherein

meelZneffe

confftr,

when

you

come

to

heare the word; O

cis a

dangerous thing

to--

give

way

to

paillon

at

any

time,but

efpecially

upon

a

Lords

day,

if

you be

put

into

a

paffion

then

a

ten to

one

but

you

locale

the

Sabbath:for

then

yotir thoughts_are

ruling about

the

wrongs

that

is

done

to

you, and about thòughts

of revenge,

and

then

you will

mani£eil your .difpleafure,

but

now meekñefíe

-doth

moderate

anger,

to-give one

powerover

ones

anger

fo-

as

it

(hall not be

unfeafonable.

And then

thirdly,

Me kneife

doth moderate

anger

in-re-

fge&- of

the

laflingneffe of

it,

that

it

(hall

not

lafl

longer

then

it

ought

to

doe;

many

mens

and womens

anger

is

like

The

fire

of

hill,

being once kindled

it's

never

qu.encht,

it's

unquencha-

ble

as

the fire

of hell

is

;

their dog

dayes do

confins

e

all

the

yeare

long. You fhall'have

fOine

men

and

women if

any

thing

have fallen

Out

in

their

familyes, and they be

got

in

o

a

fit of

paflion,you

fhall have

them continue

day

af,er

day in

that

fit

of

Orion,

fo

that

fometimes evén man

and

wife,will

not

fpeake-

one

to

another in

two

:or

three

dayes, this

finffll,

this

far

from

meekneife

If

thou badfl this grace

of

nreckneffe;

it

would

fay

to

anger,

71:su

faire

'hall

you

go

aid

s:o

further,as

you can

raife

_

it-up

when

you

fee caufe,

fo-you can

keep

it

down too:

but

ma

ny times

you know

the

wind

raifes-up

the

waves

of

the Sea,

and

-when

the

winds are downf

yet

the

waves

of the

Sea

they

are

all in

a

broyl,

änd

domightily

rife

ffill,a.nd

are

very boif e-

tous

though

the

winds are down

fo

'si

wish

ñ

any,

though

-.

the

caufe

of

their'anger

be taken

away,

yet

th,..ir .anger

having--

been

raifed'they

are

not

able

to overcome

thermfelves,It's jufl

with

men and women

here,

ás

with

your

children,

if

once they

be'difpleafed,

put them

mida

cry,

and

though

you

give

them

the

thing

that

they would

have, yet

they cannot overcome

themfelves prefently,-

fo

it

is

with

many,.

they are not

lafling

in

other

things, but in

their

anger

there

they

laff, in

any

good

motion

for

God,

there they

are fickell and unconflant,

but

theii:

paffion

that

holds.

Now

meeknefle

it

doth moderate

anger

ih

regard

of

the continuance of

Fourthly, Meeknef

e

doth moderate

anger

in

refpe&

of the

meafure

ofit,

why 'if.I

be-

angry,

I

will be angry

no

-more

them

ne.:ds: