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a

walking. Worthy

of

our .vocutión

.

189

.

of

brave fpirits of

jolly,

fpirits,and

no men

do

pride

themfelves,

more

in

the.bravery

oftheir

fpirits thertfroward

people, efpe-

cially

in the time of their

pa!Tic

;

but

certainely

a

meek fpirit

is

the moll brave fpirit in the

world,

and

that's the judgement,

.

of

the

holy

Ghofi,

in

the 16.

Pro:

3

2.

He that

isflow

to

anger

is

better then the mighty

r

and,hé

that

ruleth

his

fpirit

then he

that

taketh

a

City:Why

what

greater

bravery and magnanimity

is

there

then

in

Souldiers when they come

to

take

Cityes,

and

men that are

full.

of courage, we

account

them to

be men

of

brave

and

excellent

fpirits,

i

but

would

you know

who

are the

men

and

women

that

the

Lord

looks upon

as

the

Moll brave and

excellent fpirits, they are

the

meek

ones, he

that

is

flow ro

an-

ger

is

better

then the

mighty, and he

that

ruled) his

fpirit

then

he

that

taketh

a.

City.

It

may

be

thou thinkefi thou

canfi

do

no

Lreat

fervice for

God,

others

are imployed in

great

and brave

works,and

dommch in

a

little time,

but

cant}

thou rule thy

fpirit with

this grace

of

meekneflè.

It

is a

more brave exploit,

and

more

honourable in

the

eye of

God,

then if

thou

wert

able

to

overcome

a

City,

Surely

there

is

much fpoken

of

this

grace

in Scripture

to

thew

how

bleffed

they

are.

And then

meeknefs ve

find-it much

the

walking wor thy

of

our

calling,

in

the

4

of

the

Ephef:

Thole that

are called

topar

--

take of

the

grace

of

the Gofpel, they never

walke

fo

worthy

of

it,

as in

this grace

of

meeknefle,

i

therefore the prifoner

of

the

Lord

befeech

you,

that

youwalkrworthyof'.the. vocation

where-

with

you

are

called

:

Now,

how

fhould

we walke

worthy

of

the

vocationwherewith we

are

called

:

The

Lordhath

called

you

out

of

your natural

ellate,

out

of

dirknefile

irro

.light,

and

he

would

have you walke

worthy of this calling.

O

faith

a

poore

foule, How

is

it

po`fble

for

filch

a

poore creature

as

I

am

to

walke worthy-of fuch

a

glorious calling

?

What

for

the

Lord

to

let

others to go

on

in

the

way

of

fin

and

death,

and

to

call

me

out

of

that

way

to

the

kingdome

of

his

Beare Son,what-can

I do

to

walke

worthy

of.

this

calling

?

If

there were

any

thing

in

the

world wherein

I

might

tefd

e

my walking

worthy of this

glori-

ous

mercy

of God

to

nie,

I

would

do

it;

Why

would you faine

walk

worthy of

}

our calling,

mark what

followes

inthe

2-veil.

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