A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon…

Solomon (a very competent Judge of Beauty) hath determined, That it is a Man's Wisdom that makes his Face to shine, Eccl. 8. 1. and doubtless the Meekness of Wisdom, contributes as much as any one Branch of it to this Lustre. We read in Scripture of three, whose Faces ⟨p. 47⟩shone remarkably, and they were all three eminent for Meekness. The Face of Moses shone, Exod. 34. 30. and he was the meekest of all the Men on Earth. The Face of Stephen shone, Acts 6. 15. and he it was, who in the midst of a shower of Stones, so meekly submitted, and prayed for his Persecutors. The Face of our Lord Jesus shone in his Transfiguration, and he was the great Pattern of Meekness. It is a sweet and pleasing Air, which this Grace puts npon the Countenance, while it keeps the Soul in tune, and frees it from those jarring ill-favoured Discords, which are the certain effect of an ungoverned Passion.

Solomon (a very competent Judge of Beauty) hath determined, That it is a Man's Wisdom that makes his Face to shine, Eccl. 8. 1. and doubtless the Meekness of Wisdom, contributes as much as any one Branch of it to this Luster. We read in Scripture of three, whose Faces ⟨p. 47⟩shone remarkably, and they were all three eminent for Meekness. The Face of Moses shone, Exod. 34. 30. and he was the meekest of all the Men on Earth. The Face of Stephen shone, Acts 6. 15. and he it was, who in the midst of a shower of Stones, so meekly submitted, and prayed for his Persecutors. The Face of our Lord Iesus shone in his Transfiguration, and he was the great Pattern of Meekness. It is a sweet and pleasing Air, which this Grace puts npon the Countenance, while it keeps the Soul in tune, and frees it from those jarring illfavoured Discords, which are the certain effect of an ungovern'd Passion.