Rules and helps is Chrilian meek ele, ai ; to; whentheDevil comes to fir up paffion (as the Fowlers throwing (}ones into the hedge) he cares not fo much for thy oaffion, but the thing that he aimes at, it is the evil he would firing thee into by thy paffion, fo that the very thoughts of this, now a paffion is come,and if this should prove but a tempratioi to fome vild fin, what would become of me, and therefore I will fit fill and do nothing rather then I will be thus hatcht by, the Devil, Fourteenrhly, Set the examile of God, of Jefius Chrift, and of his Saints before you,its "a mighty way to help againft paffion. and anger, confidering how meek the Lord is ; when God had to dea le with Cain, with what meeknefle and genlenefte did God him'relfe deale wi.h Caine, why where's thy brother, faith Cod, and when Cain an wered : ;od churlishly, yet God goes on in a ni.ek way; and :with, If thou doll well, fhalt thou not be accented : And to God had to deale with low, which was that fioward pettish Prophet ( for fo he was) Now faith God to him, Jonas, D ft thou well to be angry ? when he faw him in a Ft of anger : it is a good pattern for us whenwe have to deal with others that are of angry f ;hits, to lay, doe j%ou well to be angry ? God did not come boifterous way to Jonas, but comes in a genrl :ï ; ke way, Doff thou well to be ang7? faith the Lord. Confider how God deales with his Poore creatures, and'tis uo dishonour to you to deale Co with your fervants and children that are not fo injurious to you as you are to God. I might al :o fet before you the examlle of Jefus Chrift. I remember I have read of one, that his wife asking of him how he was able to overcome himf lfe when he had *filch Wrongs and injuries orferedhim: why truly this is the way that I take (faith he) I go and meditate on the fufferins of Jefus. Chrifts what wrongs Jefus Chrill had, and yet how he was as a Lamb that opened not his mouth,and T never leave meditating until I get my fpirir; quieted the me a.itation of the fufferings of Je- fus Chris} and of his wounds, and his v rongs, and how gently, and meekly he bare them ,8 a fpecial means ; I remember amer4rtus tells of fore when,they were in a mad rage they would':
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