Meeke perfons like., God, x83 or any other grace ; No, faith Chrift,. If you would be my Difci}.les í y o Id commend this to you,. L azit humble and meeke : Why ? was that the great commendations of' Chifi? yes, the Lord jeius accounred it his glory to be meeke ; Doe not you account it a diihonour; why is.that a diihonour to thee that was an honour. to Jefus -Chr iti ? fluff Jefus Ch: iít reckon it his Glory to be a meeke man, and (halt not thou account it tube thy Glory ?: Q biefled be thofet.hat= are. like God the Father,-and Gedthe.Son:- And they;, have much of the Spirit of God : what was the Spirit of God compared to more then meekneffe ; when the Holy,Gholt did appear upon the head of Jèfus Chrift,- be did J oh. appear in the forme of a: now they fay of the Dove,. ha. h no gall; it is the emblème of meekneíle : Therefore if thou wouldl} be like either Father; Son or Holy. Ghof }, thou. muf} be a man or woman of a meeke and gentle fraijit,,. bleffed are'thofé that are méeke., for they have much of Father, Son and Holy Ghof è in them It's very observable that God in his Sa- crifices he would not have Lyons and Tygers and fuch wild creatures robe offered in Sacrifice to him; nor no birds of prey, but he would have the Dove and the Pigeon; and the Lamb and the Sheep, the. Lord cloth regard rather fuch facrifi- ces, then the froward perverfe fpirits of men :. Ile give you now but one Scripture for the blèífedne(fe of meeke fpirits ; There are man' promifes made to thofethat are meeke, here's one great one in my Text, but for the prefent only this one Scripture, that one would t hinke all thofe who have found any good by Scripture (hould for ever lay upon their hearts to meeken their fpirits And efpecially it is applyed to women, . for they are the weaker fex, and paffion and anger conies from we.aknefle, therefore the Holy Ghof( in the r of Pet. 3, 4 Where he is fpeaking unto women, exhorting- them to thew themfelves the Daughters of Sarah, faith he, l k wi feye wives be in fubjeElionto your own husbands, that if any obey not the word, they al,o may without the word be won by the ccnverfation of the waves, wh.le they behold your chaff' cone fat -on coupled
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