SEc°I'1ÖNXX1V. 509 Againt. immoderate anger and revenge. Prov. xv. 1. A soft answer turneth away wrath ; but grievous words stir up arce ., Prov. xix. 11. The discretion of a man, deferreth his anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. Prov. xxi. 21. Haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth inproud wrath. Prov. xii. 16. Afool's wrath is presently kindled, bat a prudent man covereth. shame. Prov. xiv. 29. Ife that is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Eccles. vii. 9. Anger resteth in the bosom offools. Mat. xi. 29. Learn tfme, for I am meek and lowly in heart. Rom. xii. 18, 19. If it be possible as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with. all men. Deaeay beloved, avenge not yourselves. Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord. liph. iv. 26. Be angry and sin nit; Let not the sun go down upon your wrath, neither give place to the devil. Colos. iii. 12, 13. Put on, as the elect ofGod, holy and beloved, bowels ofinercy, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long -suffering, fbrbearimngone another, and for-- giving one another, as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And particularly treasure up in your memory the divine characters of charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 4-7. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; envieth not, vaunteth not itself; is not prfed up, loth not behave itselfunseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easilyprovoked, think- eth no evil, rejoicethi not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth, or as it should be rendered, covereth all things, that is, all faults, believeth all things, and hopeth all things, that is, all good, and endureth all things, that is, all injuries and hardships for thesake of others. The tenth and last direction to regulate our passions about the things of earth, is to live much in the expectation of death, and in the view and hope of eternal things. Death and judg- ment, heaven and hell, are suchgrand and awful ideas, that where they are duly considered, they will make the things of this life appear so very little and inconsiderable, as to be scarce worthy of our hopes and fears, our desires and aversions, our wrath and resentments, our sorrows and joys. Such a steady prospect and expectation of things infinite and everlasting, will, by degrees, dissolve the force of visible and temporal things, and snake them unable to raiseany wild and unruly passions within us. Happy the soulthat has a strong and lively faith of unseen'worlds, of fu- ture terrors and glories : This will cure the vicious disorders of flesh and sense, appetite and passion : This will raise the spirit on the wings of devout affection, to the borders of paradise, and attemper the soul to thebusiness and the joys of theblessed.
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