Bides. and.helps te chráffian meek,refe, Againe, a Seventh rule to helpe is this, labour to keepe tiny peace with God, there's no fuch means to keepe the heart in quiet, as to keepe peace with God, Let all be well betweene God and thy foule, and that will quiet thee when thou meeteft with crofts. As if all be well within the earth, the tempefts and florins that are about it will never shake it : and io that that difquiets mens hearts, it is the corruption that is within, and not ló much the temptation that is without : But for this peaceableneffe of ¡pint, that comes from our peace with God, it may be we fhall,have force occafion to fpeake more 'of, when we come to fpeake of that bleflednefie Bleffed are the Peace - makers ; and therefore I palle by that. The tight rule is this ; Convince thy felfe that there can be nothing done in anger, but may be better done out of it; The wrath of man dot h not accomplifh the righteoufneffe of God, faith the Apoflle. As now, wouldefl thou .reprove a man, the bet} way is to reprove him in meekneffe ; you that are fpiritual reflore in meekneffe fuch as are fallen, Phyfitians mull not give phyfick scalding hot : Reproofes are Phyfìck,do;not jive' it them fcalding,hot, give it thembut meetly warm, in a fpirit of love, no hotter then love will warme it : And fo when ever thou correefl thy children or f rvants, thou thinkeft that if thou doeft it not in á pallon, thou mull not doe it at all that's, thy folly; thou mayeft doe it better out ofa paflioií then in a pa +.lion : And therefore divers of the Heathen they would hot corre& their fervants,ineerly becaufe they were in a paillon-- If thou wouldeft give an Itniwer to another,who freaks to thee that that is amiffe, wouldefl thou convince him, thou mayefl doe it better if thou; cant+ overcome thy paillon ; thou mayeft reafon the cafe with thy brother a great deale better out of thy gallon then in thy paillon ; I the truth is, thofe that have power over their paflìon, have a great advantage over any that they contend withal! ; Confider but of this, and this will be a meanes to naeeken thy heart ; when the heart is up in anger, it would faine be acing prefenr_ly, but ke.epe down thy pall ótt,, and call in the grace of meekneffe : Confider, I would now be actin ,'bitt why may ,noe I as we'll out of pa`lion as in z paff on:
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