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Febrifugium. An essay for the cure of ungoverned anger: in a sermon preached, at…
Febrifugium. An essay for the cure of ungoverned anger: in a sermon preached, at the proposal and on the occasion, of a man under a sentence of death, for a murder committed by him in his anger. At Boston, 23. d. III. m. 1717. : [Two lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed by J. Allen for Benjamin Gray, 1717
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First. We are to make our Supplications and Resignations, unto the Holy SPIRIT of GOD our SAVIOUR; to obtain the Grace of Meekness from Him. It was Enjoined of old, Seek ye the Lord, All ye Meek of the Earth. 'Tis now to be the Injunction laid upon us all, Seek ye the Lord, That ye may be made the Meek of the Earth Yea, Seek Meekness, is the Thing Expressly directed to. When Meekness is called for, there is that Direction given for the obtaining of it; Jam. 1.5. If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of GOD, and it shall be given him;—The Wisdom to steer clear of UNGOVERNED ANGER, with a Spirit of Meekness. My Angry Brother, Carry that Froward Heart of thine unto the Holy SPIRIT of GOD thy SAVIOUR, and plead, O my GOD, I have the Heart of a fierce Tiger in me, but thou canst change my Heart, and make ⟨p. 14⟩me as meek as a Lamb. I put my Heart into thy Hand; O do Thou take possession of it, and keep down and put out those Hellish Fires, that are too Easily kindled there! When Eliphaz imagined, that Job was too fretful, he told him, I doubt, Thou Restrainest Prayer. Certainly, If our Fretting don't kill our Praying, our Praying will do much to Cure our Fretting. We are bidden, to List up Holy Hands without Wrath. Let us do it Against Wrath, and anon we shall not only Pray without Wrath, but also Live without it. But if a Man have a Choleric Devil obstinately infesting of him;—it may be, The Kind will not go out without Fasting and Prayer. Certainly, That Extraordinary Method, may be worth taking, rather than have such a Devil resting in our Bosom.
First. We are to make our Supplications and Resignations, unto the Holy SPIRIT of GOD our SAVIOUR; to obtain the Grace of Meekness from Him. It was Enjoyned of old, Seek ye the Lord, All ye Meek of the Earth. 'Tis now to be the Injunction laid upon us all, Seek ye the Lord, That ye may be made the Meek of the Earth Yea, Seek Meekness, is the Thing Expresly directed to. When Meekness is called for, there is that Direction given for the obtaining of it; Jam. 1.5. If any of you lack Wisdom, let him ask of GOD, and it shall be given him;—The Wisdom to steer clear of UNGOVERNED ANGER, with a Spirit of Meekness. My Angry Brother, Carry that Froward Heart of thine unto the Holy SPIRIT of GOD thy SAVIOUR, and plead, O my GOD, I have the Heart of a fierce Tyger in me, but thou canst change my Heart, and make