Why the meek fhali inherit the earth. to that he will teach them.: There are many. other promi- fes in Scripture tending to the fame thing. In the 76 Flak 9. Yl hen God arofe to judgement to five all the meek of the earth When God conies to arife to judgement abroad in the world, the Lord Both not. care for froward fpirits,,.let them go, faith God, thofe whole fpirits are upon every .little occafion let on fire, but when God arises to judgement,he will be.fure ro look to the meek ones,and then the 149.Pí v:4.Fer the Lord taketh plea fire in his peoples he will beauti fie the meek, with falvation. Meeknefle is a beautiful) grace, awl the'Lord will beautiïe the meek with salvation, and in the 29. Ifa: 19. ver: there is 4 promife to the fame etfe &,but that one more in the a.of Zep: 3. ver: There's a notable promife when there (hall be times of common calamity. Gather your felves together, yea, gather toge- ther ó Nation not defired, before the Decree bring forth, before the day gaffe as the chafe,before thefierce anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lords anger' come upon your Then mark , Seeke ye the Lord all ye meek:: of the earth; which have :wrought his judgements, feekrighteoufnef,feekmeelç ne f , 't may be ye Jhall be hid rn the day of the Lords anger. You will fay, through Godsmercy I find I have fome rower over x11y pafíion, i but mark, are you meek, sleek the Lord then, and feek meekneffe Rill, and then it may be, you ¡hail be hid in the day ofthe Lords anger, as if the holy Ghofi should fay, if there be any men in theworld hid, you maybe he.: O thefe are the men that are publick ble{ rags in the places where they ;live, the prayers of the meek ones hhall prevaile with GGod,ngt the prayers of the froward ; when you that are froward come to leek God, why you cannot lift up your hinds without wrath and without doub :ing; but feek ye the Lord all ye meek of the earth:0 the promifes that God bath made to thofe that are: the meek ones in the earth,and all thefe tend to the firengthning of this great promife that is here;The meek fhall inherit the earth. Now the maine thing that hath been fpoken bath been but in ,way of explication, to Phew you how this promife is made good, that the meek /hail inherit the earth. But now the (hall come to the Application of it. This meeknee is like our Tilt, that
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