i . V11\S.6. An_ Bxpojiti'ot~, ~ithNotu tion better thenhis 1wn reputation; and therefore when his Inriq.. -cmcywas taxed, he would ooc anfwer :!"word. · · .Ana h1 refifl.ethnot,] T~e preft:nt-tenfe·is put for the pall:; if youunderftand Jt generally;c1s tobebeundcrftoodof the we~k.._nejJ and meek!zefs of innocent men. t. -Of their WeA~nejJ ; they are not able to wichtland, and therefore you oppr.efs them. Weak.!1e{s is -u[H11f.ly oppreffed: Men are themort: bold with them thlt want 'meansofdef(:nce ana refifiance. Ohbut confider, the lefs ·outward defence men.have, the more is the Lord of Hofrs engag~d in their t]ttarrel; he IS the Patronof the fatberlefs and widows : · Pfol. 1 o.. 14. T~ poor tommitteth him[elfto th~e; tho·H4rt the Helper of .the fatl~t-rlefi: Weak innocency bath .a !lrong Avenger. ~.. Of their meek_nefs ,; •c.js their dLtty not to be. . revengeful: M-At.'. 39· . But I fa1 unto )Oil, that '}e refofl ·1101 .evili ~they muft nb-t,f:uislie .and accom,pli{}i their own ·prince revenges. · Mee'(nefs i'lfviteth .injury, hut 11/wap to its own ~oft~ •tis true tha~ of Pubtim Mi. mm, though fpoken toan ill end; veteum firendfl injuri~tm invi– iftU novam, bya bearing a former injuryyoudobat invite a fecond. Patience may •be ..crampkd upen, ·but Cod will ordain•a ~defenc:e•. · Wicked men are mad without aprovocation. You havefeen,Crows 'On a theeps back,pickingwool; ~r:is but an emblem ofoppreffed·illT nocence. Wicked men do not confider .who deferve Worst, ·bnt WhoWill/Hjfer .mojf.. . o · . IfyouunderftamHt·of Chd£\., fo~tis mo61: trut>., \hecrerjiftre.t~ ttot. ·1eftUChrift »'M condemned anri(lt~~in rW.ithout refiffanct. Me ea~ tofsffer, and therefore would ·not r-efift: . He .would declarehis 'Obedilnce t>G his Father, by his pAtience before n1en! Ifo,i.p,.7, .He came ·M A Lamb to the fMughter, tU afoeep before th-e foeare"tf 4J dHmb. Swinewill hGwl, but t·he·lheeR is dumb in.che Butchers .llands. I(ai. 5·0:6. I gtl7:/e my back._to the fmiurs., ana my ~hee~I tl .them th11t pluck.!doffthe,hair.; -I hia 1~ot rJyfacefrom fha:me 1'an:d 1P_itting. Chrifi did as it were offer himfclft-O t·he a,ffrontS'and ~n.<tfignities done to his ,perfon: F.ct·herJince ~tis thy plulfure;here ss a $ackforfmiters, he-re Are cheek.sfo~ the ~ppers, .b~re iuJfarefor fhame; io'Lc•metodo;~,/1 th)WIIl.~ ·WeJ;ll . t~ll, we.h~v~al~ck_y ·s;~c:.tiifice,tba,t didn?t firuggl~~hl:tttca~e to rhe A.Icar:wtUmgly.: Tt.s · (flotatJlt,, thar.£hnll;dot<b With' ;ebe fame feveilcy<theck the Dev1l :ttempting him to 'Idolatry, and P.eter difiwading him from fuffer~ lillB~ :c' fpE>~e~ t~ ~tb,G~~ ~~~!:b~hilltUne St!lil111 ~ompare :::;~ · ' .
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