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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
A Discourse concerning MEEKNESS. › Chapter 2: The Excellency of Meekness and Quietness of Spirit.
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The meek and quiet Soul is through Grace a Conqueror over these Enemies, their fiery darts are quenched by the shield of Faith, Satan is in some measure trodden under his Feet, and the Victory will be complete shortly, when he that overcometh shall sit down with Christ upon his Throne, even as he overcame and is set down with the Father upon his Throne; where he still appears in the Emblem of his Meekness, a Lamb as it had been slain, Rev. 5. 6. And upon Mount Zion, at the Head of his Heavenly Hosts, he appears also as a Lamb, Rev. 14. 1. Such is the Honour that Meekness hath in those higher Regions.
The meek and quiet Soul is through Grace a Conqueror over these Enemies, their fiery darts are quenched by the shield of Faith, Satan is in some measure trodden under his Feet, and the Victory will be compleat shortly, when he that overcometh shall sit down with Christ upon his Throne, even as he overcame and is set down with the Father upon his Throne; where he still appears in the Emblem of his Meekness, a Lamb as it had been slain, Rev. 5. 6. And upon Mount Zion, at the Head of his Heavenly Hosts, he appears also as a Lamb, Rev. 14. 1. Such is the Honour that Meekness hath in those higher Regions.
2. There is in it, the Credit of a Beauty. The Beauty of a thing consists in the Symmetry, Harmony and Agreeableness of all the Parts: ⟨p. 46⟩Now what is Meekness, but the Souls Agreement with it self? 'Tis the joint Concurrence of all the Affections to the universal Peace and Quiet of the Soul, every one regularly acting in its own Place and Order, and so contributing to the common good. Next to the Beauty of Holiness, which is the Souls Agreement with God, is the Beauty of Meekness, which is the Soul's Agreement with it Self. Behold how good and how pleasant a thing it is, for the Powers of the Soul thus to dwell together in Unity, the Reason knowing how to Rule, and the Affections at the same time knowing how to Obey. Exorbitant Passion is a Discord in the Soul: It is like a Tumour in the Face, which spoils the Beauty of it: Meekness scatters the Humour, binds down the swelling, and so prevents the Deformity, and preserves the Beauty. This is one instance of the comeliness of Grace, through' my comeliness (saith God to Israel,