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

That it is,¹ and always hath been, the Lot of Christ's Holy Religion, to be every where spoken against. Or thus:

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That true Christianity hath all along met with a great deal of Opposition and Contradiction in this World.

I purpose not to enter into a particular Disquisition of that which has been, and is spoken against Religion, nor do I undertake at present to show how false and unreasonable it is, That hath been done many a time by the best Han••, and so effectually that every impartial eye must needs look upon the cause of the Adversaries of Religion to be a baffled Cause: But I shall only make some improvement of this general Observation, which cannot be unseasonable in an Age wherein the Gates of Hell seem to be making their utmost efforts against the Church; and the Devil, as the Calumniator and False Accuser ⟨p. 11⟩to be more wroth than ever with th• Woman the Church,¹ and to push on the War with an unusual vigour against the r••ant of her Seed, which keep the Commandments of God, and have the Testimony of Jesus Christ.

I purpose not to enter into a particular Disquisition of that which has been, and is spoken against Religion, nor do I undertake at present to shew how false and unreasonable it is, That hath been done many a time by the best Han, and so effectually that every impartial eye must needs look upon the cause of the Adversaries of Religion to be a baffled Cause: But I shall only make some improvement of this general Observation, which cannot be unseasonable in an Age wherein the Gates of Hell seem to be making their utmost efforts against the Church; and the Devil, as the Calumniator and False Accuser