zá ÏlleelZnefs a fruit of the f jirit, gofilefhould fay, would you make it appeare that you are the elect of God,put orì thin the bowels ofmercy and kindnefs,and meeknefs: 'Tis not an argument that a man is the elves ofGod becaufe he hath meanes coming in, becaufe he bath excellent parts Of nature, and honours in the world, and becaufe begets á great deal,of money; this is no ,argument of Gods eleaion,But Zeek.nef and loving,k ndnefs and :long fuffering : Thefe are. the things that are the fruit even of eleelion. And then the meelejhey are.bleéd, becaufe meeknefs it is a fi eciall fruite of the holy Ghoft in the hearts of the Saints, and an a gt ment of the holy Ghoífs dwelling there.In the 5. of the Gal: you have there the moft full letting out of the fruits of ,the faeth and the fruits of the Spirit, that "'morainal" the book of Cod. Now mark, In the fruits of the flesh you shall find anger and wraih,and when:he comes to let out the fruits of the fpirit, there faith he in the 22. ver: B't the fruits of the #irít are love,, joy, peace, long fuffering, gentlenefc, goodnef, faith, meeknefs, temperance, againg fifth there ü. no.lgw.You .hall -find in fetting forth .the fruits of.the fpirit, though there be many words, yet the molt of them.are but as it were fanonama's ofmeekneffe.As now, the fruit of the fpirit is love, you know a meek fpirir, and a,loving fpirit have great likenefs one to another : And joy; there's none have of that fweetneife of fpirir as meek ones : --- And peace,they are thole that are Of peaceable difpofitions; & ling fuffering, and gentlenefs, and goodnefs, and then he comes with meeknefs, the truth is, in thefe there is meekneffe ;but all thefe words are' here mentioned by the holy Ghoft on purpofe to fet out the excellency of this grace of meeknefs ; therefore he names fo many graces that are fo neere akin to .this grace of meeknefe, and as kinfinen lookone like another, fo. do thefe ,graces that are fo nere akin, and this is the fruit of the fpirit, pairion and anger is the fruit of the fiefh,. the fruit of the Devil in the heart,bEt meeknefs is the fruìtof the fpirit,Yherc fore 6leff end arethe meeke. And then meeknefs it hath in it magnanimity, it argues a magnanimous fpirit to be of a meek and quiet fpirit. Men do think that their pai on and frowardnefle doth argue them robe of:
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