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199

that

in

every thing

we have forne

need of

it

to

f

eafon

our

lives,

the

lives of men and women are unfavoury in

the places where

God

hat*

fet them,

becaufë

of

the

want

of

this grace

of meek-

neile.

SERMON

XIIT

v

R

d

reprehen

f

on

o

f

profefors

that

are not

meek;

MATH: 5.5.

Ble

fled

are the

meek:

for

they

fliall

inherits

the

earth.

E

flail

now come

to

the

Application,

which

I

in

tend

but

in

two particulars.

The Re

^rehenfon

of

choie

that profelie

themfelves Difciples

of

`Q'Pl`c

tw

.

C

h

if+,

and

yet we

cannot fee

the

f

amp

of

the

Spiri

of

Chrift

upon them,iri this

particular,in-

regard of

meeknefs, we have

caufe

to

draw

buckets

of teares

to'bewaile,

and

to

quench

if it

were

po'rble

the lire

of

the paf

fion

of

mens

i

,fiats

:

--

And thofe

that

I frail

dires}

my

feife

to,

(hall

be

ft:ch as

profeffe

themielves willing

to

be

Chrifts

to hear

Chritt,

for 'ris

Chriiis Sermon,and

he

direc

ted

him-elfe

to

his Difciples

iii

this Sermon,

and

it

is

no mar

-

vaile

to

fee

men

who are

carnall,who are led

by

an

earthly

fpi

rit,

for

them

to be

froward pa.lionare

and

proud, but

for thofe

that

are

Godly to

be

fo,

this

is

that

that

goes

very

neere to the

Sprit

of Cod

:

It's

made a

fpecial

arguaient

again'

ft

palion

and

£ro

wardnefs,

and

fo

for

meeknefs, becaufe otherwife

the

Spirit