Why the meek & fhall inherit the earth. 197 things in other places are but in the general, that godlineffe bath the promife of this life, yet Chrut will tingle out particu- lar promifes for the meek ones. In the 2.5. Pf slme 9. The meek (faith the Texty.will he guide in judgement: and the meelueiI!,hr teach his way : ô what a promife is here, it's worth all your eftates : if you were but acquain:ed with Scripture, you would account this promife worth thoufands : give me one Scripture where the qualification of the fubjea is named info fewwords twice, the Lord loves the. fubje& here, . as if he delighted to have the very name in hismouth,h;. doth not fay,the meek will be guide in judgement, and teach him his way, but the Lord loves to have the name in his mouth, O the meek, the meek, twice together, I love him and Ile guide him in judgement and teach,him his way, now this promife, it is to-be umlerflood of guiding in judgement, and teaching a- man- his way -in any- .: thing ; As fòr ihflance,Suppofe a man hath an outward btrr;ie Ie befallen hiin in this world, that hath a great deale of dií culty in it, fo that he knows not what in the world to do to extricate himfelfe out of-his way. A meek fpirit when he is in Weights, the (Aft thing he labours to do is this, to quiet his fpirit in re- pofing hit on Cod, and then when he hath quieted his fpirit he looks up to the promife, Lord haft not thou Paid, the meek wilt thou guide in judgement, thou wilt not lave him to his own thoughts, to his own fpirit, the counfel of the froward is carryed head long,but the meek wilt thou guidein judgement, thou haft apromife that God Will guide -thee" to order any af- faires in the world, if tbou card but overcome thy paffion, and there is nothing will helpe a man more for underflanding and judgement then meeknefs and quietnefs, therefore in the 17. Pro: 27. He that hath know'edge fpareth his words, and a man ó f underffanding is of an excellent fprrit,But in the Original it is, a man of underftanding is of a Toole fpirit, men that are of hot fp;rits, hot brained tnen, hot fpirited men, they think they underftandingmore then others; But the. holy Ghoft faith otherwif , the man of underflanding is of a coole fpirit, there is a great advantage that meeknefs hath even in a naturali way to helpe a mans fpirit but much more when there is a promife to ,
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