192 Why the meek fhall inherit the earth:' Fir't, Becaufe thofe that are meek, they are not given fo ti wrangling as other.men are, .they love to be quiet, and fo by that means they enjoy their estates more .comfortably here upon the earth.: Men and women that are froward and palliio. nate and.love wrangling, and.fuing, and Lawing, many times they rend their eltates,and fquander away a faire inheritance that.their. Parents.have.left them, there are many men of fuch difpofition, asxhat for a good ufe, for the .maintainance of the GoCpel, they would grudge at five.fhiilings Yet to have their wills in a way of Law upon their neighbours they care ,not though they fpend a hundred pounds,yes, live hundred pounds; Do not you often hear them.fay,well,1 will have -my will : hough it colt me a brace of hundred pounds ?ö thou art à refolute fro - ward foole , But didft thou ever fay, we will have the GoCpél fet up among us whatfoever.it colt us, for a'good ufe nothing comes from thee. but. as it were thy heart-blood, but now for thy will thou can't fpend : well, many times God lets thee do fo and yet it may be halt not thy will neither, but now a meek one Caves all this, and fo.comes to live a great deal better here in the earth : and that's the firf thing oherein meek ones have the advantage here of the earth. And then fecondly, That they have,though it be but a little, yet they have it with quietnetfe and comfort ; Now a di (h of green hearbs is better with peace and qutetneff e then a flailed Ox where there is.contention, why a poore man and his wife, that ,fits but at a fool, and hath but a little peece of .bread,and fmal Beer, and yet Jive fweetly together, and meekly, why they en- joy more comfort in this earth, then your great men do that have great tables but yet are froward, when their diet is brought -up to their table, why, this meat is not well drell, and this bread is not well bak't, and this feryant doth thus and thus, Men that have a great deal of bufine{fe in the world,, and have froward fpirits, why they enjoy nothing at quiet of all they have, but how the meek ones.- though they have but a little,yet -they have it with comfort,- With peace and quiet, and fo they may be laid to inherit the earth rather then others, the truth is you do not enjoy the things of the world any further then you do with quiet, Thirdly,
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