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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.
2. The Excellency of this Grace, it is in the sight of God of great price. It is really a precious Grace, for it is so in the sight of God, and we know that he can neither deceive nor be deceived. It is [Greek or Hebrew] which is the same word that is used, 1 Tim. 2. 9. for that costly Array, which is joined with Gold and Pearls, [Greek or Hebrew]. Persons of Quality in their Ornaments affect not so much that which is Gay, as that which is Rich; not that which makes a Glittering, Gaudy Show, and pleaseth Children and •ools, but that which is of intrinsic value, and recommends it self to the intelligent. A meek and quiet Spirit is such an Ornament, which hath not that Gaiety that is agreeable to the humour of a carnal World, but that real Worth which recommends it to the favour of God. 'Tis one of those Graces which are compared to the Powders of the Merchant, (Cant. 3. 6.) far fetched, and dear bought, even with the precious Blood of the Lord Jesus. Herein we should every one ⟨p. 7⟩labour, and this we should be ambitious of,1 as the greatest Honour, that Present or Absent, Living and Dying, we may be accepted of the Lord; and blessed be God it is a thing attainable, through' the Mediator, from whom we have received how to walk so as to please him; we must walk with meekness and quietness of Spirit, for this is in the sight of God of great price. Therefore this mark of Honour is in a special manner put upon the Grace of Meekness, because it is commonly despised and looked upon with Contempt by the Children of this World, as a piece of mean-spiritedness; but (however they be termed and treated now) they are happy, and will appear so shortly, whom God approveth of, and to whom he saith, Well done good and faithful Servant; for by his Judgment we must stand or fall eternally.
2. The Excellency of this Grace, it is in the sig•t of God of great price. It is really a precious Grace, for it is so in the sight of God, and we know that he can neither deceive nor be deceived. It is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 which is the same word that is used,