Burroughs - Houston-Packer Collection BX7233.B87 G67 1660

why the meeke (hall inherit the earth. A'ío fes, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, come out ye three unto the Tabernacle ; The Lord fpake fuddainly, he breakes as it were forth from Heaven, as ifGod should fay,what is that fer- .vam Mofes, that meeke fervant of mine wronged, ile quickly appear for him, mark, Mofes was not fuddaine in paflion, and therefore God was fuddaine : you are very fuddaine in your paillon and anger, but' if you would be lefle fuddaine in aveng- ing your felves,God would be more fuddaine in appearing for you, The Lord fpake fuddainly, come out you three to the Ta- bernacle of the Congregation, come out, l'te' judge the caufe faith the Lord : Then it followes in the 5r<verfe, And the Lord came down in the Pillar of the Cloud, and fload in the doore of the 7 abernacle, The Lord comes down from Heaven to right his meek Servant Mofes, And called Aaron and Miriam, . and they both came forth : tuft as if afather that hath his childrenwrang- ling one with another, he calls chofe that did the wrong, well fund you forth : Thenmark, and he Paid, hear now my words, if there be a Prophet among you, I the Lord will make my felfe known unto him in a vifion, and will fpeake untahim in a dreamt, -my fervant Mofes is not fo who is faith full in all my Houfe, marke in the fecond verfe, and they fa'd, hath the Lord fpoken only by Mofes, bath he not fpoken alfo by us ? Mofes doth not come and tell them, well, God hath 1 oken by others, but not fo as by me, no, Mofes doth not to, but now marke, God faith, If there be a Prophet, I will freak! to him in a dreame, and vi on, .but my fervant Mofes is not fo, now marke how God takes the, part of a meeke fervant of his. verf. 8. with him will I fpeake month to month, even apparently, and not in darke fpeeches, and the limilitude of the Lord (hall he behold, wherefore then were ye not afraid to fpeake, againfí my fervant Mofes, then verf o. And the anger of the Lord was k;ndled aga:nfb them, and he departed. Mofes when he was wronged, he was the meekeft man upon the earth, his paihon is not (irr'd, but Gods anger is aired : The leffe the anger of Mofes is aired, the more is the anger of God ftirr'd for him to vindicate him in his caufe. You think, O how others wrong you, and your anger is ftirr'd prefentl y, Ibut you d®e not intrefl God in the caufe by this meane,, C c 2 whereas

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