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Nhy>the
meek,
fhall
inherit
the earth\:
Firi
},
Becaufe
thole that are¡tneek,
they
are
not
given
fo
t
-,wrangling
as
other.men are,
they
love
to
be
quiet,
and
.fo
by
that
meanes they enjoy
their
eitat.es
more
,comfortably here
upon
the earth.:
Men and women that are froward and
paffio-
nateand.love.wrangling,
and..fuing,
and Lawing, many times
they rend their ettates,and
fquander
away
a
faire inheritance
that
their
1'arents.have.left them,
there
are
many
men of
fuck
difpofition, as.that
for
a
good
ufe,
for
the
maintainance ofthe
Gofpel,
they would
grudge
at
five.lhillings
--
Yet
to
have
their
wills
in
a
way
of
Law
upon
their
neighbours
they cate,not
though they
fpend
a hundred
pounds,yes,
five
hundred
pounds;
Do not
you
often
hear them.fay,well,I will
have.my
will
i
hough
it
colt me
a
brace
of
hundred
pounds
Ni
thou
art
à
refolute fro-
ward foole
, But didR
thou
ever
fay,
we will have
the Gofpel
let
up among
us whatfoever
it
coil
,us,
for
a'good
ufe nothing
comes from
thee but
as
it
were
thy_heart-
blood, but
now for
thy
will thou
canl}
fpend
:
well,
many
times
God
lets thee
do
fo and
yet it
may
be
hail not thy
will
neither, but
now
a
meeke
one
laves all
this,
and fo.comes
to
live
a
great deal
better
here
in the earth
:
and
that's
the
firft thing
vt
hereinmeek
ones
have
the
advantage
here of
the earth.
And
then
fecondly,
That
they have,though it be but
a
little,
yet
they
have
it
with
quietnetfe
and
comfort
;
Now a
di
fh
of
green hearbs
is
better
with
peace
and
rt.
etneff
e
thee
a
flailed
Ox
where
there
is.contention,
why
a
poore
man and
his
wife,
that
:fits
but
at
a
ftool,
and
bath but
a
little
peece of
.bread,and
fmal
Beer,
and
yet
live
fweetly
together,
and
meekly,
why
they
en
-,
joy more comfort
in this
earth, then
your
great
men
do that
have
great tables but yet are
froward,
when
their
diet
is
brought
-up
to their
table,
why, this
meat
is
not
well
dreg,
and
this
bread
is
not
well
bak'r,
and this feryant
doth
thus
and thus,
Men
that
have
a
great deal of
bufine
e in
the
world,, and
have
froward
fpirits,
why
they
enjoy nothing
at
quiet
of
all they
-have,
but
how
the meek
ones-
though
they
have.but
a
little,yet
-they have
it
with comfort,- with peace
and
quiet,
and
fo
they
may
be
laid
to
inherit the earth rather then others, the
truth
is
you
do not enjoy
the
things
of the world
any
further
then
you
do
with
quiet.
Thirdly,