&O ffrhen :011nas s peaceableneJ[e ananife{is hima child of God. requires -at my hand'in my relation3, as ahusbmi,a matter, a3 a chiefe man in the Parifh ?What is the duty Char -God would have me to doe ? what fervice can I doe for God ? How faire ,may I promote -the glory- of God in the place where he !ï'árh ;'ct me? whacfoever becomes of mine own peace and quiet, Ile venter to appear in the caufe of God, and in the placewheat God hath let me, I'le be as a live as po'lîbly I can, yet fo as I hope through Gods grace there Iltall appeire nothing but a peaceable quiet fpirit : O'tis an excellent temver, there "s the 'Spirit ofGod in this, when men can tell how to come in be- tween there two, that i , between a dead ílugtiïih fpirit, and between a violent furious fpirit ; There is a middle between tilde, Some men becaufe they fee others tò be of viòlent and furious fpirits, they think 'ti.s belt for them to do nothing; and 'then other 7ten becaufe they would avoid finggithnelie and floachfulne e, they carry it on in a furious and violent way, and fo they manifell no :hing of Gods Spirit on the other fide. But now one that is led by the Spirit of God, he Iunowes how- to be a&ive and ¡lining in doing his duty, and yet he can tell how to carry on the work with meeknefle, quietnefle and peaceablenefle notwichflanding, here's a child of God in- deed: Secondly, When a man is Of a peaceable difpofition,and he doth aim at God in ir, more then at his Own quiet, fome men they are of peaceable difpoftions : But why? 'tis meetly be- caufe they are loath to have any trouble, therefore they will be at peace ; But -now when a" man or woman ihall conti- der this ; By dif}utbance and'difquiet, and difconcednefs ; ô what aboundance of difhonour comes to God, and what aboundance of fin is caufed between b± ethren, many times between thofe that are good, between fuch as live in a family, and neighbour and neighbour ; Now then.to the end that I might avoid fo great fine , and to the end that I may honour God, fo as I ,know God may be honoured by a peaceable , quiet , humble and meek difpoft ion , therefore it is Isle deny my felfe rather in that that would be futable to the flefh ; find that my flefh is prone enough to Peek
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