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Rules

and

helps to

(hrif

ian'naeek,;effe,

to

fomething

elfe,

you

have

difpl;

aced

them

in one thing, do

nor

be grating upon

them

in

that

one

thing, but

fee

if

you

can

turne

them

tobe

thinking or looking

after

Tome

other thing,

and

by

that

you

fhall.getthem

fooner

out of

their

fallen

mood=

then

by oppofing

it

:

io

it

is

with our felves many times

there

is

a

fallen dogged

froward

moode

upon our

hearts,

now

the

way

perhaps will not be

to

oppofe

direçtly that

fullennetfe

of,.

our

hearts, but

the.waywill

be

to-

have force

object

before+ús.

to turne

the

fl

-reame

of

the heart

to;

Tenthly,-

Another rule to help

againft againfl

anger

it's

this,.

do not

multiply

words;

take heed

in

froward

panic

that,

words be not multiplyed.

In the

8

Pro:

13. v:

&

in the

5

of

Moth:

2,2.v: diversScriptures

I

might (hew

that

the

multi

plying of words

is

very

dangerous in

time

of

paflioia,and

efpe-

cially

to

give

liberty

to

vild

fpeech

:words

are winde, I but.

they

are

that

winde that

blowes

up this fire

to

a

mighty

here,

In

the 7

Pro:

t

t

.

ver:

it's

fail

ofthe

whore

that

floe iS

lóud,'tis

a

moll unbefeemingthing

for women

(though

they

be

provok'r

by

anger)

robe

loud in fpeech,

to be

loud

in

their

words,

and-

to

multiply their words: The whorifh

woman

is

defcribed

by

that

fhe

is

loud,

and

therefore thole

that

would behave

them

-

felves

as

Matrons in fobriery and

modefty, take

heed of loud

fpeeches

:

and

then

of.

adding word

to

word,_

the

bef}.way

is

rather

to

be filent, rather

to

turne

away, as

we

read

of David

when he had

to deale

wiih his

froward Brethren,

in

the-

17

.

lie

turned away

from

liens

and wield an

fuer

no

m

re

.: ----

T

confeife

to turne

away in

a

fullen

manner that's not good

nei-

ther, but

to

give

a

few

gentle

fpeeches and

then

ro

turn

away,

to

turne

away

without

any

aníwer

that

may provoke

as

much,

but

ñrft togrve

forrà

gentle.anfwer and

then to túrd

awaÿ,

acid

refolve not

to

multiply words

at

fuch a

time

as

this

is

:

That's

anotherrru

:

_.

Eleventhly,

If

you would

not be paffronate, but

of

meeker

and

quiet

fpirits,'

take

heed of putting

your

(elves

'inee.

too

much

bufìneffe

that

;

od

calls you

not

unto, and 'the

reafon

is

this,

becaufe

there

is

no

bufinefl'e

but

will

-have:

fomewh

t

or

other

to:tall croife,

therefore

be

fire

to

be

about nothing

but

whztr

Zia,