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vvhy

the

meeke

(hall

inherit

theearth.

Mofes,

and

unto

Aaron, and

unto

Miriam,

come out

ye

three

unto

the Tabernacle

;

The

Lord

ipake fuddainly,

he breakes

as

it

were forth from Heaven,

as

if God

should fay,what

is

that

fer-

want Mofes,

that meeke

fervant of mine wronged, ile quickly

appear* for

him,

mark,

Mofes was

not fuddaine

in

patlìon,

and

therefore God

was

fuddaine

:

you

are

very

fuddaine

in

your

paflion and anger,

but

if

you

would be

lefl'e

fuddaine in aveng-

ing your

felves,God would

be

more

fuddaine

in

appearing for

you,

The Lord

fpake

fuddainly,

come

out you

three

to

the

Ta-

bernacleof

the

Congregation,

come

out,

l'le'

judge the

caufe

faith

the Lord

:

Then it

followes in

the

5r<verfe,

And

the

Lord

came

dawn

in

the

Pillar of

the

Cloud,

and

fiod

in

the

doore

of

the

7

abernacle,

The Lord

comes down from Heaven

to right his

meek Servant

Mofes,

And

called

Aaron and

Miriam,

.

and

they

both came

forth

:

tuft as

if

afather that

hath his

children wrang-

.ling one with another, he

calls

thofe

that did the

wrong,

well

Rand you

forth

:

Then

mark, and

he

Paid,

hear

now

my

words,

if

there

be

a

Prophet among

you,

I

the

Lord

will

maize,

my

fel

fe

;known unto

him

in

a

vifion,

and

will

fpeakg

untahim

in

a

dreamt,

-my

fervant

Mofes

is not fo

who

is

faith

full in

all

my Houfe.

marke

in

the

fecond

verfe,

and

they

fa'd,

bath

the

Lord

fpoken

only by

Mofes,

loath

he

notfpoken

alfo by

us

?

Mofes

doth not

come

and

tell

them, well,

God

hath

ft-oken by

others, but not

fo

as

by me, no,

Mofes

doth

not

io,

but

now marke,

God

faith,

If

there

be

a

Prophet,

I

will

f

peake

to

him in a dreame, and

vi

'on,

but

my

fervant

Mofes is not fo,

now

marke how

God

takes

the

part of

a

meeke fervant of

his. verf.

8. With

him mill

I

fpeaks

mouth

to

mouth,

even

apparently, and

not

in darke

freches,

and

the_/?militude

of the

Lord

(hallhe

behold, wherefore

then

were ÿe

not

afraid

to fpeáke,

ágainft

my

fervant

Mofes,

then

verf

9,

And

the anger

of the Lord

was

kindled

againfl them, and

he departed.

Mofes

when he

was

wronged,

he was

the

meekeft

man upon

the earth,

his pailion

is

not

aired,

but

Gods

anger

is

ftirr'd

:

The

leihe

the

anger

of

Mofes is

ftirr'd, the

more

is

the

anger

of

God

ftirr'd

for him

to

vindicare him in

his caufe.

You think,

O

how

others wrong you,

andyour anger

is

ftirr'd

prefently,

I-but

you

doe not

intrefl:

God

in

the

caufe

by this

meane,,

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whereas