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A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God…
A discourse of the building, nature, excellency, and government of the house of God With counsels and directions to the inhabitants thereof. By John Bunyan of Bedford.
London : printed, and are to be sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopsgate, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Meekness will make you quiet, hardy, strong To bear a Burden, and to put up Wrong.
Meekness will make you quiet, hardy, stron• To bear a Burden, and to put up Wrong.
Meekness, tho divers troubles you are in, Will bridle Passion, be a curb to Sin. Thus God sets forth the meek before our eyes A meek and quiet Spirit God doth prize.1
- 1Job 5.13. Prov. 2.12. Chap. 16.28. Chap. 1• 20. Chap. 22. 5. Col. 3.12. Ephes. 4. 1 Tim. 6.11. Tit. 3.2. Psal. 25.9. Psa• 22.26. Psal. 147.6. Psal. 149.4. Psal. 3• 11. Isa. 29.19. 1 Pet. 3.4.