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Rules

and

helps

Chrifïïan

meeknelé.

2a

to

when

the

Devil

comes

to

fir

up pallion (as the Fowlers

throwing

Hones

into

the

hedge)

he

cares

not

fo

much

for

thy

paffion,

but the thing

that

he aimes

at, it

is

the evil

he

would

bring

thee in

:o by

thy

paffion, fo

that the very

thoughts

of

this,

now a paffion is

come,and

if

this

should prove

but

a

Temptation

to

Tome

wild

fin,

what would become

of

me,

and

therefore

I

will fit Rill and

do nothing

rather then

I.

will be thus hascht

by.

the Devil.

Fourteenthly,

Set the

exar:1;Ae

of

God,

of

Jeffs

Chrift,

and

of

his Saints

before you,its

"a

mighty

way

to help

againfl

patron.

and anger, confidering

how

meek

theLord

is

;

when

God

had

to

de

le

with Cain,

wi.h

what

meekin:efle

and

genieneffe

did

God

him"ddfedeale

wi.h

Ci

ore,

why

where's

thy-

brother, faith

Cod,

and when

lain

an'

wered

t

iod

churlishly,

yet God goes

on in

a

meek

way; and

with,

I

f

thou

doff

well;

f

oalt

thou

riot

be

accer

teä

:

And

to

wh

rn

God

had

to

deale

with fonds which

was

that

fi

ow'rd

pettish Prophet

(

for

fo

he

was)

Now

faith

God

to him, Jonas,

D

fl

thou well

to be

angry

?

when he faw

him

in

a

Ft

of

anger

:

it

is a

good

pitrerne

for

us

when we have

to

deal

with

others

that

are

of

angry

f

,i

tirs, to

fay,

doe

you

well

to be

angry

?

God did not

con e

ir_ L

ri

terous

way

to

Jonas,

but

comes

in a

gentle

i

:i

to

lie

way,

Dofl".

thou well

to

be

angry?

faith

the Lord. Con

der

how

God

deales wi:h

his

pore

creatures,

and

'tir

no

diihonoúr to

you

to

deale

fo

with

your

fervanrs

and

children

that

are

not

fo

injurious

to

you as

you

are

to God.

I

might

also

fet

before

you

the

example

of

Jefus Chrifl.

I

remember I

have

read of one, that

his

wife asking

of

him how

he

was

able

to

overcome

himfeelfe

when he had

`finch

wrongs

and

injuries

o'fered

him:

why

truly

this

is the

way

that

I

take

(faith

he)

I

go and

meditate

on

the

fuferin;s of

Jefus

Chrift,

what wrongs Jefus

Chri&

had,

and

yet

how he

was

as

'

a

Lamb

that opened

not his mouth and I

never leave

meditating

until

I

get

my

f

nit;

quieted

the

treditatton

of

the

fi;fferitigs

of

Je-

ffs

Chrifi:.and

of

his wounds, and

his,

wrongs, and how

gently,

and

meekly

he

bare

them,ô

'ris a fpecial meanes

,

I

rememaer

Caraerurita tells

of

Tome

when.thèy were

in a

mad

rage they

would