is wo rte ; am I deare from offering the like iniuries or grea- ter to my brethren ? Alasno, but though I were , yet how often haue I prouoked God to anger by my finncs ? for which great debt how can I craue pardon , if I cruelly exa6 euery trifleof my fellow feruant ? Thus ifwe would ipeake vnro our owne confciences in the pretence of God ,.wee would not fo eafilybe incited to anger and reuenge, teeing we our (clues doe many things which need pardon , and our greater faults might (crue to excufe thofe which are Ieihe in others, if we would but looke vpon them : for no man without blu(hing could extreamely punith thofe faults in his neighbour , for which he (ball need to crauc pardon him(elfe. And fo much concerning the fir(( remedy of anger,. which is by remouiug the caufes thereof. CHAP. VIII. Thefecondmeeanes tofubdne anger,is to labour forpatience. THefecond meanes ta-fubdue anger, is to labour for the §.Seí.Y the contrary vertue of patience and long fuffering. 4llthingsbap; And to this end we arc firfl ro confider that nothinghap-penbyGod penethvnto vs without Gods air-teeing prouidence, who ozonepraiâ. if we be his children will dìfpofe of euery thing for our dencr. good. Why therefore fhouldwe vexe our (clues with an- ger, feeing God will turne the injuries of men into bief- ngs ? let vs rather when anywrong is offeredvs , which we cannot by iuf} and lawful' meanes auoide , fay withour Sa- uiourChrifl,Ioh.r8 ii.Shouldnot Idrinkeofthe cupwhich loh.a,i myfatherbathprovided for me ? íhould I be angry with the cup becatufe the Piiyficke is bitter? or with the handwhere- by it is conuajedvnto amendment, Iwill no therefore bee me for my good and angry
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