Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

3. An overtendernesse and delicate niceness in bearing wrongs: an impetuous impatience for being abused: (Whereas insensibility and contempt would better become¹ a great spirit:) an effeminate facility to be moved and touched with every trifle. A spot or wrinkle upon their garment, a dish misplaced upon their table, some error in their dressing; a Bird, a Dog, a Glass, &c. or some lesser toy will turn some kind of people quite out of tune, and put them out of their humour, into a pelting chafe, as they say. Great minds and victorious over this furious Arch-Rebel, are not moved but with great matters. It is a special point of manly wisdom, to pass by many petty provocations to wrath, without notice or acknowledgement, without wound or passion; and to digest many times the brawlings and indiscretions of hasty men, with the same patience that Surgeons do the injuries and blows of mad men, when they let them blood.

3. An ouertendernesse and delicate nicenesse in bearing wrongs: an impetuous impatiencie for being abused: (Whereas insensibilitie and contempt would better become¹ a great spirit:) an effeminate facilitie to bee mooued and toucht with euery trifle. A spot or wrinkle vpon their garment, a dish misplaced vpon their table, some errour in their dressing; a Bird, a Dogge, a Glasse, &c. or some lesser toy will turne some kinde of people quite out of tune, and put them out of their humour, into a pelting chafe, as they say. Great mindes and victorious ouer this furious Arch-Rebell, are not moued but with great matters. It is a speciall point of manly wisedome, to passe by many petty prouocations to wrath, without notice or acknowledgement, without wound or passion; and to digest many times the brawlings and indiscretions of hasty men, with the same patience that Surgeons do the iniuries and blowes of mad men, when they let them blood.

1. 1Immensae virtutis est, non sentire te esse percussum.