A sermon preached before the peers in the Abby Church at Westminster, November 7,…

2. Again, being in common with other men exposed to the various vicissitudes of Events; apt in Prosperity to be corrupted, in Adversity to be dejected, and according to diversity of Conditions, to express a dissimilar and uneven behaviour; here again, [Greek or Hebrew], let your Moderation be known, [Greek or Hebrew], a serene, pacate, and steadfast equability of mind, unshaken and fixed against all Events.

2. Again, being in common with other men expos'd to the various vicissitudes of Events; apt in Prosperity to be corrupted, in Adversity to be dejected, and according to diversity of Conditions, to express a dissimilar and uneven behaviour; here again, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, let your Moderation be known, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a serene, pacate, and stedfast equability of minde, unshaken and fixed against all Events.

3. Again, being by the state of our Christianity, and by reason of the Emnity which God hath put between the seed of the Woman and the seed of the Serpent, to expect, as Strangers in the midst of Adversaries, manifold afflictions and injuries, as the Scripture hath assured us, Act. 14. 22. 2▪ Tim. 3. 12. ⟨p. 6⟩Here also [Greek or Hebrew], let your Moderation be known, [Greek or Hebrew], Moderation of patience in bearing Evils; [Greek or Hebrew], a Moderation of Candour and Equanimity; not putting suspicious and morose, but favourable constructions upon Actions which have an appearance of unkindness; and [Greek or Hebrew], a Moderation of meekness and placability, an easiness to be entreated, a readiness to forgive; as the Philosopher saith of such men, that they are [Greek or Hebrew], apt to pass by, and to pardon Injuries.

3. Again, being by the state of our Christianity, and by reason of the Emnity which God hath put between the seed of the Woman and the seed of the Serpent, to expect, as Strangers in the midst of Adversaries, manifold afflictions and injuries, as the Scripture hath assured us,