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But though we cannot keep under every motion of concupiscence, we can forbear the execution. Anger will stir upon provocations; But we may restrain it in degree, that it set us not in a flame, and do not much distemper or discompose our minds: and we can forbid our tongues all raging, furious or abusive words in our Anger; all cursing, swearing or reproachful speaking. If an envious thought against our Brother do arise in our hearts, because he is preferred before us▪ we may hate it and repress it, and chide our hearts for it, and command our tongues to speak well of him, and no evil. Some pride and self-esteem will remain and be stirring in us, do what we can, it is a sin so deeply rooted in our corrupt Natures: But yet we can detest it, and resist it, and meet with abhorrence our self-conceited thoughts, and ⟨p. 253⟩rejoicings in our own reputations and fame, and inward heart-risings against those that undervalue us and stand in the way of our Repute; and we may forbear our boasting language, and our contestings for our credit, and our excuses of our sins, and our backbitings and secret defaming of those that cross us in the way of credit: We may forbear our quarrels and estrangements and dividings from our Brethren, and stiff insisting on our own conceits, and expecting that others should make our Judgements their Rule, and say and do as we would have them, and all dance after our pipe; all which are the effects of inward Pride▪ We cannot, while we are on earth, be free from all inordinate Love of the world, and the Riches and Honours of it; but we may so watch against it and repress it, as that it shall neither be preferred before God, nor draw us to unlawful ways of gain, by lying, deceit and overreaching our Brethren; by stealing, unjust or unmerciful dealings, oppressing the poor, and insulting over those that are in the way of our thriving, and crushing them that would hinder our aspiring designs, and treading them down that will not bow to us, and taking revenge ⟨p. 254⟩of them that have crossed or disparaged us, or cruelly exacting all our Rights and Debts of the poor; and squeezing the purses of subjects or tenants, or those that we bargain with, like a sponge, as long as any thing will come out:

But though we cannot keep under every motion of concupiscence, we can forbear the execution. Anger will stirre upon provocations; But we may restrain it in degree, that it set us not in a flame, and do not much distemper or discompose our mindes: and we can forbid our tongues all raging, furious or abusive words in our Anger; all cursing, swearing or reproachfull speaking. If an envious thought against our Brother do arise in our hearts, because he is prefer'd before us we may hate it and repress it, and chide our hearts for it, and command our tongues to speak well of him, and no evil. Some pride and self-esteem will remain and be stirring in us, do what we can, it is a sinne so deeply rooted in our corrupt Natures: But yet we can detest it, and resist it, and meet with abhorrence our self-conceited thoughts, and