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Rules
and
,helps
to
Chrifiiàn
tneelZneffe,
be of
quiet
fpirits,
of
loving and
meek fpirits,it
concerns
us
all,
efpeciallyxho`'e
that
are
inferiors,
thatthey-ihould
be
of
meek
fpirits-
towardstheir
fuperiours, those
that
,are
under affi
&ions
bodily
or fpirituall,
they
should be
of
meek
and
quiet fpirits,
'Eis
unbefeeming
any
to be of
a
froward paifionate
heart, but
efpeci
fly
chafe
that
are
under affliaions,
the
Lord
-fends
af:
flicfions
upon
thee to
humble
thee,
and
to
meeken
thee,and
if
thou
beef+
not meek now, when wilt thou be meek, we ought
to
be meek towards our Brethren, towards one another,
and
to
be
meek
towards neighbours;
There
are
many
that
are
_fo
ufed
to
frowardneife
and pafiion
towards
their
fervants,
their
chit=
dren, or
wives,
that
even
when
they.
have
to
deale with
God
hinifelfe,they thew
themfelves
froward and paflionare then
co,
myBrethren let's
learne
to
be
in
love with this
amiable-and
lovely grace
of
meekneffe:
--,
And'all
that
I
intend,
to
doe
therefore
in
this
rife,
it
fhai1.
be
to
propound
un.o
you
Come
various
wayes
or
helpes, whereby
you
may
come
to get
a
habit
ofineeknefle, to.b
have your felves
meekly
and
gently
in
the
places where you
live
;.
that
fo
this promise
may
be made
yours,
7
hat
you
are
the
blef
ed ones of
Chrrfi, and
'ball
inherit
the earth,
In
the
firl+
place,
If
you would have
meek
fpirits, learn to
fer
a
high
price
upon
the
quiet
and
fweetnefs
of
your
fpirits,
fet
a
high
price
upon
ir,
account
it
to
be
a
rich
jewel of great
worth,
as
-we
told
you,.that
God
acçoünted
the meek
fpiritto
be
ofgreat price;'tis
one
way
to get ir,
to
have
a
right effeem
of
the
reff'of
f;
iris,
and
quietnefs that ìneeknefs
will caufe
in
the
foule
:
we
may
fay
of
it
as
Tertultus
the
.0
"ator
faid
to
F.e-
fix, by'thee'we
enjoy
much quietnefs, there's
many good
things
clone
bythee,andby
theewe.
en'oy much
quietnefs;
by
ineeknefs
there's
much quietnefs
enjoyed
in the
heart, there-
:fore
faith
Chrif+,
learn of
me
who aM
humble
and
meeke,
and
you
fhall,
find
reft'toyour
fouls
:
There's
ref+,
put
a high
price
a
'on
the
ref+
and
quiet
of
your fpirits,
fay
as
the
fig
-tree did,
fhould
LInofe
my fweetnefr
duel
eotie and re'gne
over
you
?When
a
temp-
tation
comes
to
paff
on,
(hall
I
loo."e
the
fiveernefs
that
I-have
had
in
'my
fpirits
to
have .niy
will,
in
fuch
and fuch
a
thing,
through