zoo want ofmeelv:efs cage of fufpicion whether any true grace. of Chrifi would be grieved,In the q.. Ephef: 3 o.ver. And grieve not the,holy Spirit of God, wherebyyou are foaled ; why what will grieve ir, what fhould we rake heed of that we may:not grieve the Spirit of cod, mark in the 3 r. v: Let all bitternefs, and wrath and anger, andevill fpeakng be put away from you, with all mai'tce, and be ye kind one to another, tender- hearted,forgiving one another, even as god for Chrifts fake hath fergiverd you : Tne giving way to patíion and frowardnefs will grieve the Spirit of God ; you that ever have found any good by the Spirit of in your hearts, take heed of frowardnefs, labour for meeknefs, and kindnets, that the Spirit of God may delight in you, for that's very fumble to the Spirit of God, that is a Dove. I con - feffe I had fome thoughts to fpeak of the vaine pleas that many have for their paffïon and frowardnefs, but I confider for that, if God gives life and liberty, in going on in the handling of this Sermon of Chrifi, I shall meet with that againe in the 22. v. of this Chap: I fay unto you, whofoever :.r angry with his bra - bber without a caufe (hall be in danger of thejudgement. There- fore I leave thefe things to that place : -- But now this one thing only in this ufe of reprehenfion, and that is to labour to íhew thofe that profeffe tbemfelves Saints, that frowardnefs, want of meeknefs, it is that that is as much contrary to true grace, as almofi any corruption that can be named, which it may be they little thinke of, they think they have angry and paflionate natures, they are fomewhat flatly, but they are deli- vere'l from other corruptions that men do wallow in:know that a hafiy froward fpirit a f irit that is not commanded by this grace ofmeeknefs, fo farre as it prevailes ir is as contrary unto true grace almofi as any thing you can think of, and truly there may be a great deal of sus; ition whither there be true grace or no in thofe that have not in force meafure this meeknefs prevailing in them, but rather paflion and frowardneffe, As thus Firf }, Frowardnefs and anger is contrary to true grace; for what is it that g- ace doth in the heart when it firfi comes? The firfi thing is to ff.ew unto the foule it's owne vilenefs, it's owtí wretchednefs and bafenefs by fin, and the danger that it's in through
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