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why the

meek_

fhall

inherit the

earth.

to

that

he will teach them.:

--

There

are

many.

ocher.promi-

fes in

Scripture tending to the

fame

thing.

In

the

76

Pfal,

9

YY

hen God arofe

to

judgement

to

fave all

the

meek, of

the earth

When God cones

to

arife

to

judgement

abroad in

the

woad,

the

Lord

Both

not_

care for froward fpirits1lec them

go,

faith

God,

thofe whofe fpirits are.,

pon every

.little

occafion

fet

on

fire, but

when

God ariìesto judgement,he

will be fure

ro look

to

the-meek ones,and then the

i

49.Pf

v:4,Fer

the

Lord

raketh

pleafsreinhis

people,

he

will beautifie

the

meek,

with

falvation.

Meeknefle

is

a

beautifull grace,

aid

the"Lord will

beautiïe

the

meek

with

falvation,

and in

the 29. Ifa: 19.

ver:

there

is

4

promife

to

the

fame

etfe

&,but

that

one

more

in

the

z.of

Zep:

3.

ver: There's

a

notable promife

when

there íhall

be

times of

common calamity. Gather

your

felves together,

yea, ather

toge-

sher

ó

Nation

not

defired,

before

the Decree

bring

Forth,

befòre

the

day

paffe

as

the

chaff'e,before

the fierce

anger

of

the

Lord

come

upon

you,

before

the day

of

the Lords

anger'

come

upon

you

Then

mark

,

,Se*

ye the

Lord

all

ye

meel_e

of

the

earth;

,which

have

wrought

his

iudgements,

feel

righteoufnef

,feekmeek;

nefs,

it

may

be

ye

Jl

all

be

hid

in

the

day

of

the Lords anger. You

willfay,

through

Gods

,mercy

I

find

I

have fome

power

over

xny

pafiion,

a

but mark,are

you

meek,

feek

the

Lord

then,

and

feek meekneffeBill,

and

then

it

may

be,

you

(hall

be

hid

in the

day

of

the Lords anger,

as

if

the

holy

Choi}

thould

fay,

if

there

"be

any

men

in

the

world hid,

you

maybe

he

:

---

O

thefe are

the

men

that

are publick

blesfings

in

the

places

where

they

=live,

the

prayers

of

the meek

ones (hall

prevaile

with Cod,not

the

prayers

of

the

froward when

you

that are

froward

come

o

feek

God,

why you cannot

lift

up your

hinds

without

wrath

and

without doubting, but feek

ye

the Lord

all

ye meek

of

the

earth:0

the

promifes

that

God

bath made

to

thofe

that

are

:the

meek

ones in

the earth,and

all

thefe

tend to

the

frengthning

of

this great promife

that

is

here,

-The

Meekjhallinhr,-it the earth.

Now the

maine thing

that

bath

been

fpokenharh

been but

in

,way

of

explication,

to

fbew

you how this promife

is

made

good,

that

the

meet!

/hall

inherit the

earth.

But now we (hall

come

to the

Application

of.,it.

This

meekneffe;is

like.our

fait,

that