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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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And now, What shall be the Issue of all the Meditations.
May we from this Time, One ⟨p. 43⟩and all, Study that Meekness, which is a Thing of great Price in the sight of GOD! Oh! may the Effect of our Meditations and Supplications be this; That we shall be the Meek, whom the Gospel has pronounced the Blessed Ones, and of whom it is promised, That they shall be Beautified with the Salvation of GOD. Concerning a Continual Study to suppress UNGOVERNED ANGER, I will say unto you, what was of old spoken to one who was dissuaded from it; 1 Sam. XXV. 31. This shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of Heart; It will not be Repented of! I speak this, the more Solicitously, because the Time is coming on for the Accomplishment of that Prophecy, The Nations were Angry. The Anger of People against one another, is like to make fearful Tragedies. At this Time, O seek Meekness, that ye may be hid in the Day of the Anger of the Lord; And that ye may admit no Wrath, but ⟨p. 44⟩what shall praise the Lord, and the Remainder of the Wrath, you may still Restrain.
May we from this Time, One ⟨p. 43⟩and all, Study that Meekness, which is a Thing of great Price in the sight of GOD! Oh! may the Effect of our Meditations and Supplications be this; That we shall be the Meek, whom the Gospel has pronounced the Blessed Ones, and of whom it is promised, That they shall be Beautified with the Salvation of GOD. Concerning a Continual Study to suppress UNGOVERNED ANGER, I will say unto you, what was of old spoken to one who was disswaded from it; 1 Sam. XXV. 31. This shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of Heart; It will not be Repented of! I speak this, the more Sollicitously, because the Time is coming on for the Accomplishment of that Prophecy, The Nations were Angry. The Anger of People against one another, is like to make fearful Tragedies. At this Time, O seek Meekness, that ye may be hid in the Day of the Anger of the Lord; And that ye may admit no Wrath, but