~432 A Sermon at t !Je F u11eral innocence, and ufuaUy, after the example · of the great n1afl:er of love, affectionately en1braceing and bleiling them. ? And fuch was the pious meeknefs of his foul to\vards others, that ifat any time his natural temper raifed any little co1nn1otion in his fpirit, (which was fcarce ever taken noticeofafter. his entering into the holy funCtion), yet he - -'quickly appeafed it, and never fuffered the fun to go down upon his wrath. He was never feen to boafl: ·of any of his perfor– lnances, nor yet to ufe the finer and more fubtile fetch of vain-glory, in an elaborate undervaluing of then1, that others might commend, them. But the expreffions of his n1ean thoughts of himfelf were always fo natural, and fo full of fin1plicity, that one might eafily obferve them t o arife fron1. the botton1 of his foul ; and all his actions ·and his converfation n1ade appear the truth and fincerity of then1. Though his piety and innoce11ce were em.inent in the eyes of all that knew him, yet he had no fi11all fenfe of his own unworthinefs, when he fet himfelf in the ligbt oj'God' s cottntenance, beheld his purity, and thought on his infi– nite goodnefs and 1nercy to hin1 in Jf:fiu· Chrifl, (about which his thoughts were frequently taken up). 0 how deeply was he .•·
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