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

The meek Man is like a Ship that rides at Anchor, movetur sed non amovetur; the Storm moves it, (the meek Man is not a Stock or Stone under Provocation,) but doth not remove it from its Port. It is a Grace that in reference to the Temptations of Affront and Injury, as Faith in reference to Temptation in general,¹ quencheth the fiery Darts of the Wicked; it is Armour of ⟨p. 61⟩Proof against the spiteful and envenomed Arrows of Provocation, and is an impregnable Wall to secure the Peace of the Soul there, where Thief cannot break through' to steal, while the angry Man lays all his Comforts at the Mercy of every Wasp that will strike at him.

The meek Man is like a Ship that rides at Anchor, movetur sed non amovetur; the Storm moves it, (the meek Man is not a Stock or Stone under Provocation,) but doth not remove it from its Port. It is a Grace that in reference to the Temptations of Affront and Injury, as Faith in reference to Temptation in general,¹ quencheth the siery Darts of the Wicked; it is Armor of ⟨p. 61⟩Proof against the spiteful and envenom'd Arrows of Provocation, and is an impregnable Wall to secure the Peace of the Soul there, where Thief cannot break thro' to steal, while the angry Man lays all his Comforts at the Mercy of every Wasp that will strike at him.

1. 1Meekness is the greatest Affront to all Injuries in the World, for it returns them upon the injurious, and makes them Useless, Ineffective and Innocent. Taylor, Great Exempl. p. 304.

So that, upon the whole Matter, it appears, That the Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit, is as easy as it is comely.