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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
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.
Now the way prescribed for the attainment of ⟨p. 89⟩Meekness is to seek it. Ask it of God, pray for it, 'tis a fruit of the Spirit, 'tis given by the God of all Grace, and to him we must go for it. It is a Branch of that Wisdom, which he that lacketh must ask of God, and it shall be given him, Jam. 1. 5. The God we address to is called, The God of Patience and Consolation, Rom. 15. 5. and he is therefore the God of Consolation, because the God of Patience (for the more patient we are, the more we are comforted under our Afflictions) and as such we must eye him, when we come to him for Grace to make us likeminded, that is, meek and loving one towards another, which is the Errand the Apostle there comes upon, to the Throne of Grace. God's People are, and should be a Generation of Seekers, that covet the best Gifts, and make their Court to the best Giver; who never said to the wrestling Seed of Jacob, Seek in vain, but hath given us an assurance firm enough for us to build upon, and rich enough for us to encourage our selves with, Seek and ye shall find. What would we more? Seek Meekness, and ye shall find it.
Now the way prescribed for the attainment of ⟨p. 89⟩Meekness is to seek it. Ask it of God, pray for it, 'tis a fruit of the Spirit, 'tis given by the God of all Grace, and to him we must go for it. It is a Branch of that Wisdom, which he that lacketh must ask of God, and it shall be given him, Jam. 1. 5. The God we address to is call'd, The God of Patience and Consolation, Rom. 15. 5. and he is therefore the God of Consolation, because the God of Patience (for the more patient we are, the more we are comforted under our Afflictions) and as such we must eye him, when we come to him for Grace to make us likeminded, that is, meek and loving one towards another, which is the Errand the Apostle there comes upon, to the Throne of Grace. God's People are, and should be a Generation of Seekers, that covet the best Gifts, and make their Court to the best Giver; who never said to the wrestling Seed of Iacob, Seek in vain, but hath given us an assurance firm enough for us to build upon, and rich enough for us to encourage our selves with, Seek and ye shall find. What would we more? Seek Meekness, and ye shall find it.