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Rader

andlielps

to chrditsan

meek5ejíC,

2:1:$

Again;

a

Seventh

rule

to

helpe

is

this,

labour

to

keepe

thy

peace with

God, there's

no

fuch

meznes

to

keepe the heart

in

quiet,

as

to

keepe peace`with

God,

Let

all be well

betweene

God

and thy foule, and

that

will

quiet thee

when thou

meetetl

with croffes. As

if

all

be well within the

earth,

the tempefls

and

florines

that

are about

it

will

never

shake

it

:

and

io that

that

difquiets

mens

hearts, it

is

the corruption that is

within,

and

not

much

the temptation

that

is

without

:

-L-

But for

this peaceableneffe of

spirit, that

comes from our

peace with

God,

it

may be

we

thall,have

force occafion

to

fpeake

more

of,

when we come

to

fpeake

of that bleflednefíe

Befd

sere

the

Peace

-

makers;

and

therefore

I

pafíe

by

that.

The

might

rule

is

this

;

Convince thy felfe

that there

can

be nothing done

in

anger, but

may

be

better

done

out

of

it

The

'wrath,

of

man

doth

not accomplzih

the

righteorefneff

e

of

God,

faith the Apolile.

As now,

wouldefl thou reprove

a

man,

the

beft

way

is

to reprove him

in

meekneiíe

;

you

that

are

fpiritual

reflore

in iríeekneffe fuch

as

are fallen,

Phyf

ìtians

muff

not

give phytick

scalding

ho:

:

Reproof

care

Phyfek,do;not_

give

it

them fcalding

hot,

give

it

them

but

meerly

warm, in

a

fpirit

of

love,

no

hotter

then love will warme

it

:

And

fo

when

ever

thou

corre efl

thy

children

or

f

rvants, thou

thinkefl that

if

thou doefl

it not

in

a

palion,

thou

mull not doe

it

at

all

that's

.

thy

folly,

thoumayeft doe

it

better

out of a

patlìon

then

in

a

pa._ío7

:

And therefore divers

of

the

Heathen they would

hot

.corre'

their fervants,meerly

becaufe

they were

in

a

pafíïon

If

thou

wouldefl give

an

tníiver

to

another,who

fpeaks

to thee

that

that

is amiffe,

wouldefl

thou

convince

him, thou mayefl

doe.it better if

thou; cants

overcome thy

paiioü

;

thou mayefl

reafon

the

cafe

With

thy

brother

a

great deale

better out of

thy

paflion

then

in

thy

paflion ;

--

I

the truth

is,

thofe

that

.

have

power over

their

pa(lron,

have

a

great

advantage over

any

that

they contend

withall Confider

but

of

this,

and this will be a

meanes

tomeeken

thy

heart

when

the heart

is

up in

anger,

it

would

Paine

be

acing

prefently,

but'

keepe

down thy pall

on,

and

call in

the

grace

of

meekneffe

:

Confider,

I would

now

be

wing,

but

why

rnay,notI

as

`veil

out of

pa`fion as

in

e

z

paffion: