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Ì3lefed

are

they

which

doe

hunger

and

thilk

after

rigbteou

frìeffe

:

for

fhey.ih.all

be

filled.

He

laf

day you

may remember

we

fpoke

to

the

clofe

of

the third beatitude here

men-

tioned

by

Chriff,

Blefed are the

meek.

f

for

they

fhall inherit the earth..

And the

dole

ofit

was

an

exhortation

to

this

bleed

&

precious grace of.meeknefs

:

Divers

rules

were

given

for

the furtherance of this

grace of

meekneffe

;

I

inroad not

to

Tooke

back at

all

to what

we

then

fpake,

only

adde

this

one

thing further

as

a

great help to

the

meekning

of

our

hearts, and that is,

efpecially

to

thole

that

are godly.

'Sixtéenthly,

The

want of

this

grace

is

a

great dill

-onour

to

themand

to

their

profeifion

:

Let

fuch

remember their

own

prayers,

their

on

expreff

ens

before

God

in

prayer,

it

would

mightily

helve tomeeken

us.

Remember

how thou

haft

ac-

knowledged thy vileneffe before

God,

thou £anft freely in

many

expreffons

tell God

whata

vile

unwo thy

finfull

wret-

ched creature thou

art,

and how

through

thy

fin

thou

doll

de

fery e

the eternall

wrath

of God,

.

that

it

is

a

wonder thou

art

out