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A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon…
A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon on Acts 28. 22, showing that the Christian religion is not a sect, and yet that it is every where spoken against / by Matthew Henry ...A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon on Acts 28. 22, shewing that the Christian religion is not a sect, and yet that it is every where spoken against / by Matthew Henry ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1699
A Discourse concerning MEEKNESS. › Chapter 3: The Application.
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And yet, blessed be God! even in this corrupt and degenerate World, there are many who appear in the excellent Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit; and some whose natural Temper is Hasty and Choleric, as 'tis said Calvin's was, yet have been enabled by the Power of Divine Grace to show in a good Conversation, their Works with Meekness and Wisdom. It is not so ⟨p. 80⟩impracticable, as some imagine it, to subdue these Passions, and to preserve the Peace of the Soul, even in a stormy day.
And yet, blessed be God! even in this corrupt and degenerate World, there are many who appear in the excellent Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit; and some whose natural Temper is Hasty and Cholerick, as 'tis said Calvin's was, yet have been enabled by the Power of Divine Grace to shew in a good Conversation, their Works with Meekness and Wisdom. It is not so ⟨p. 80⟩impracticable, as some imagine it, to subdue these Passions, and to preserve the Peace of the Soul, even in a stormy day.
But that we may each of us judge our selves, and find matter for Repentance herein, I shall only mention those instances of irregular Deportment towards our particular Relations, which evidence the want of Meekness and Quietness of Spirit.
1. Superiors are commonly very apt to chide, and that's for want of Meekness. It's spoken to the praise of him, who is the Great Ruler of this perverse and rebellious World, that he will not always chide, Psa. 103. 9: But how many Little Rulers are there of Families and petty Societies, that herein are very unlike him, for they are always chiding? Upon every little Default they are put into a flame, and transported beyond due Bounds: Easily provoked, either for no cause at all, or for very small cause; greatly provoked, and very outrageous, and unreasonable when they are provoked. Their Carriage fiery and hasty; their Language scurrilous and undecent; they care not what they say, nor what they do, nor who they fall foul upon, such Sons of Belial, that a Man cannot speak to them,