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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
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Otherwise, for the former of these Discourses concerning Christian Meekness, were it a Common Design to have Minds habited and clothed, according to it, what a blessed calm would it introduce into our World! How serene and peaceful a Region would it make every Man's Soul to himself, and to all about him! It would then be truly said of the Christian Church, This is the House of God, this is the Gate of Heaven.
Otherwise, for the former of these Discourses concerning Christian Meekness, were it a Common Design to have Minds habited and cloath'd, according to it, what a blessed calm would it introduce into our World! How serene and peaceful a Region would it make every Man's Soul to himself, and to all about him! It would then be truly said of the Christian Church, This is the House of God, this is the Gate of Heaven.
How near an Alliance this Complexion of Soul hath with the Heavenly Regions, the Ingenious Moralist* aptly represents, taking notice, That the upper and better ordered part ⟨image 4⟩of the World, next the Stars, is driven together into no •loud, hurried into no Tempest, never tossed about in any Whirlwind, is ever free from any thing of Tumult, only the inferior Regions throw about Thunders and Lightnings. So is the sublime Mind always quiet, placed in a station of undisturbed Tranquility, sober, venerable, and composed, &c.
How near an Alliance this Complexion of Soul hath with the Heavenly Regions, the Ingenious Moralist* aptly represents, taking notice, That the upper and better order'd part ⟨image 4⟩of the World, next the Stars, is driven together into no •loud, hurried into no Tempest, never tost about in any Whirlwind, is ever free from any thing of Tumult, only the inferior Regions throw about Thunders and Lightnings. So is the sublime Mind always quiet, placed in a station of undisturbd Tranquility, sober, venerable, and compos'd, &c.