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MeelZnefs
a
fruit
of
the ffririt,
poftle fhouldfay,
would
you
make
it
appease
that
you
are the
elect of God,put
orì
then the
bowels of
na:,rcy
and;kiiadnefs,and
meeknefs:
'Tis
not
an
argument
that
a
man
is
the
ele.&
of
God
becaufe he bath meanes coming
in,
becaufe he bath excellent
parts
ófnature,
and honours in
the world,
and becaufe
begets
á
great
deal.of
money;
this
is
no
argument
of
Gods
ele&ion,But
aeeknef
and
lovingl
ndnefs
and
long
faffering
:
Thefe
are.
the
things
that
are
the
fruit even
of eledion.
And
then
the
meek
they
are..bleked,
becaufe.
meeknefs
it
is a
fr-eciall
fruite
of
the
holy
Gboft
in
the hearts
of
the
Saints, and
an
a:
gl
nient of the
holy Ghöf}s
dwelling
there.In
the
5..
ofthe
Gal: you
have
there
the molt
full
ferting out
of
the
fruits
of
the
flesh
and
the
fruits
of the
Spirit,
that
Lknow in
all
the book
of
God.
Now
mark,
In
the fruits
of the fieih
you
shall find anger
and
wraih,and when'he
comes
to fet out the
fruits
of
the fpirit,
there
faith he in
the 22. ver:
B-it the
fruits
of
the
ff
irít
are
lave,,
joy,
peace,
long
fufferivg, gentlenefs,
goodnefs,
faith,
mecknefr,
temperance,
aga:ng
fach there
is
no
Jaw
.Yóu,fhall.find
in
feting
forth:
the
fruits
of
the fpirit,
though
there
be many words,
yet
the
moll
of
them,are but
as
it
were
funonoma's
ofmeekneffe.As
.now,
the
fruit
of
the
fpirit
is love,
you know
a
meek fpirir,
and
a.loving fpirit
have
great
likenefs
one
to another
:And
joy,.
there's
none have
of
that
fiveetneffe
of
fpirit
as
meek
ones
:
---
And peace,they
are thofe
that
are
Of
peaceable difpofitiom
8
I.ng
fuffering,
endgentlenefs,
and
goodnefs, and
then he comes
with meeknefs, the
truth
is,
tfa
thefe there
is
meeknelïe;but
all
thefe
words are
here
mentioned
by
the
holy
Choi} onpurpofe
to
fet
out the excellency
of
this grace
of
meeknefs
;
therefore
he
names
fo
many
graces
that
are
fo
neere
akin
tothis
grace of
meeknefe,
and
as
kinfinen look one
like another,
fo,
do
thefe
graces that are
la
neere
akin, and this
is
the fruit
of the
fpirit,
paflion and
anger
is
the
fruit
of the
flefh,. the
fruit of the
Devil
in
the
heart,be.t meeknefs
is
the
fruit
ofthe
fpirit,There
fore
6lejf
ed
arethe
meeh`e.
And
then
meeknefs'
it
bath
in
it
magnanimity,
it
argues
,a
magnanimous
f
irit
to be of
a
meek
and
cuiet
fpirit. Men
do
think
that.their
pailion and £rowardneffe
loth
argue them
to
be
of-