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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.
TO THE READER.
I Do not think it at all needful to tell the World, what it was which led me to the Writing of this Discourse concerning Meekness, the substance of which was preached several years ago; Nor am I concerned to Apologize for the Publication of it; If I thought it needed an Apology, I would not consent to it. That Temper of Mind which it endeavours to promote, and to charm Men into, every one will own to be highly conducive to the Comfort of Humane Life, the Honour of our Holy Religion, and the Welfare and Happiness of all Societies, Civil and Sacred: And therefore, while the Design cannot be disliked, I hope what is weak and defective in the Management will be excused. Some useful Discourses have been of late published against Rash Anger, and an excellent Dissuasive from Revenge by the present Bishop of Chester, wherein those brutish Vices are justly exposed to our Loathing; It is the same Design I am driving, while I recommend the ⟨image 3⟩contrary Virtues to the Love and Practice of all that profess Relation to the Holy Jesus: And if this Essay have that good Effect upon those into whose Hands it shall at any time fall, I have my End.
I Do not think it at all needful to tell the World, what it was which led me to the Writing of this Discourse concerning Meekness, the substance of which was preached several years ago; Nor am I concern'd to Apologize for the Publication of it; If I thought it needed an Apology, I would not consent to it. That Temper of Mind which it endeavours to promote, and to charm Men into, every one will own to be highly conducive to the Comfort of Humane Life, the Honour of our Holy Religion, and the Welfare and Happiness of all Societies, Civil and Sacred: And therefore, while the Design cannot be dislik'd, I hope what is weak and defective in the Management will be excus'd. Some useful Discourses have been of late published against Rash Anger, and an excellent Disswasive from Revenge by the present Bishop of Chester, wherein those brutish Vices are justly expos'd to our Loathing; It is the same Design I am driving, while I recommend the