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

3. He enjoys his God; and that's most comfortable of all. 'Tis the Quintessence of all ⟨p. 57⟩Happiness, and that without which all our other Enjoyments are sapless, and insipid: For this, none are better qualified than those that are arrayed with the Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 'Twas when the Psalmist had newly conquered an unruly Passion, and composed himself, that he lift up his Soul to God, in that pious and pathetical Breathing, Whom have I in Heaven but thee, and there is none upon Earth, that I desire in comparison of thee? Psal. 73. 25. We enjoy God when we have the Evidences and Assurances of his F• vor, the Tastes and Tokens of his Love, when we experience in our selves the Communications of his Grace, and the continued instances of his Image stamped upon us: And this those that are most meek and quiet have usually the greatest degrees of. In our Wrath and Passion, we give place to the Devil, and so provoke God to withdraw from us: Nothing grieves the Holy Spirit of God (by whom we have Fellowship with the Father) more than bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, Eph. 4. 30, 31. But to this Man doth the God of Heaven look with a peculiar Regard, even to him that is poor, poor in Spirit, (Isa. 66. 2.) [Greek or Hebrew]—to him that is quiet, so the Syriac; to him that is meek, so the Chaldee. The great God over-looks Heaven and Earth to give a favourable look to the Meek and Quiet Soul. Nay, he not only looks at such, but, Isa. 57. 15. He dwells with them; noting a constant Intercourse and Communion between God and humble Souls. His Secret is with them; he gives them more Grace, and they that thus dwell in Love, dwell in God, and God in Them. The Waters were dark indeed, but they were ⟨p. 58⟩quiet, when the Spirit of God moved upon them, and out of them produced a beautiful World.