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A43344	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 ...	Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714.; Henry, Matthew, 1662-1714. Sermon on Acts XXVII, 22.; Howe, John, 1630-1705.	1699 (1699)	Wing H1475_PARTIAL; Wing H1476_PARTIAL; ESTC R14901	132,581	220

a Province remember what a provoking Creature sinful Man is and then thou wilt not marvel at the matter Eccl. 5. 8. The consideration of the common Infirmity and Corruption of Mankind should be made use of not to excuse our own Faults to our selves which doth take off the edge of our Repentance and is the poor Subterfuge of a deceived Heart but to excuse the faults of others and so take off the edge of our Passion and Displeasure and preserve the Meekness and Quietness of our Spirits 2. That it is incident to our selves among the rest to offend The Apostle there puts himself into the number We all offend We offend God if we say we do not we deceive our selves and yet he bears with us from day to day and is not extream to mark what we do amiss tho' our Debts to him are Talents our Brethren's to us but Pence Think then if God should be as angry with me for every Provocation as I am with those about me what would become of me They are carless in their observance and perhaps wilful in their offence and am not I so to God yea am not I a thousand times worse Iob qualified himself with this when his Servants were provoking and he was tempted to be harsh with them What then shall I do when God riseth up and when he visiteth what shall I answer him Job 31. 13 14. And are we not apt enough likewise to offend our Brethren Either we have offended or may offend so that we have need that others should bear with us why then should not we bear with them Hanc veni●m petimusque damusque vicissim Our Rule is What we would that Men should do to us when we offend them the same we should do to them when they offend us for this is the Law and the Prophets Mat. 7. 12. Solomon appeals to our own Consciences herein Eccl. 7. 22. For oftentimes also thine own Heart which is instead of a thousand Witnesses knoweth that thou thy self likewise hath cursed others The penitent remembrance of that former guilt would greatly help to curb the passionate Resentment of the present Trouble When the undutiful Rebellious Son in a Story that I once read drag'd his Father by the Hair of the Head to the House-door it qualified the Anger of the old Man to remember that just so far he had drag'd his Father as it seems to have silenced Adonibezek that he was now treated no otherwise than he had formerly treated others Iudg. 1. 7. 3. That Men are God's Hand So it is said Psal. 17. 14. From Men which are thy Hand O Lord or rather Tools in thy Hand so v. 13. which are thy Sword We must abide by this Principle that whatever it is that crosseth us or is displeasing to us at any time God hath an over-ruling hand in it David was govern'd by this Principle when he bore Shimei's spiteful Reproaches with such an invincible Patience So let him curse because the Lord hath said unto him Curse David 2 Sam. 16. 10. and v. 11. Let him alone for the Lord hath bidden him This consideration will not only silence our Murmurings against God the Author but all our Quarrellings with Men the Instruments of our Trouble and Vexation Men's Reproaches are God's Rebukes and whoever he be that affronts me I must see and say that therein my Father corrects me This quieted the Spirit of Iob in reference to the Injuries of the Caldeans and Sabeans though he dwelt as a King in the Army chap. 29. 25. and his Power and Interest seem to have been unstain'd when those Rapparees first made that inroad upon him and so he could not but see his help in the Gate yet we find him not meditating any Revenge but charming the Disturbances of his own Soul with the consideration of God's Sovereign disposal overlooking all the Instruments of his Trouble thoughts of which would but have mingled Anger the more disquieting Passion with his Sorrow this therefore sufficeth to still the storm The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away Blessed be the name of the Lord chap. 1. 21. When his Brethren stood aloof from him his Kindred and his Friends looked scornfully upon him as an Alien and instead of Oil pour'd Vinegar into his Wounds so that his Eye continued in their Provocation yet even in that part of his Trouble he owns the hand of God Chap. 19. 13. He hath put my Brethren far from me It is a very quieting Truth the Lord help us to mix Faith with it That every Creature is that to us and no more that God makes it to be and that while many seek the Ruler's Favour and more perhaps fear the Ruler's Displeasure Every Man's Iudgment proceedeth from the Lord. Would we but more closely observe and readily own the Hand of God in that which disquiets and provokes us surely though we regarded not Man yet if we had any fear of God before our Eyes that would reconcile us better to it and suppress all intemperate and undue Resentments In snarling at the Stone we reflect upon the Hand that throws it and lay our selves under the Woe pronounced against him that strivos with his Maker Isa. 45. 9. We know it is interpreted a taking up Arms against the King if we take up Arms against any that are commissioned by him 4. That there is no Provocation given us at any time but if it be skilfully and graciously improved there is good to be gotten by it If we have but that Wisdom of the Prudent which is to understand his way and all the Advantages and Opportunities of it doubtless we may quite contrary to the intention of those that trespass against us gain some spiritual that is some real Benefit to our Souls by the Injuries and Offences that are done to us for even these are made to work together for good to them that love God This is a Holy and a Happy way of opposing our Adversaries and resisting evil 'T is an ill Weed indeed out of which the Spiritual Bee cannot extract something profitable and for it's purpose Whatever Lion roars against us let us but go in the Strength and Spirit of the Lord as Samson did and we may not only rend it as a Kid so that it shall do us no real harm but we may withal get Meat out of the Eater and Sweetness out of the Strong As it turns to the unspeakable Prejudice of many that they look upon Reproofs as Reproaches and treat them accordingly with Anger and Displeasure so it would turn to our unspeakable Advantage if we could but learn to call Reproaches Reproofs and make use of them as such for our Conviction and Humiliation and thus the Reproach of Christ may become true Riches to us and greater than the Treasures of Aegypt We are told of an Imposthume that was cured with the thrust of an Enemies Sword and of one that was happily converted from

●pheld by its own intrinsick Truth and Excellen●● and that Divine Power which accomp●●●●● 〈…〉 The Preachers and Professers of it every where 〈◊〉 against and yet every where ●etting ground and strangely victorious purely by the word of their Testimony and by not loving ●heir Lives unto the Death Thus is come Salva●ion and Strength and the Kingdom of our God and the Power of his Christ. Thirdly Let ●s greatly lament the Folly and Wickedness of 〈◊〉 who speak against Christ and his Holy Religion and if we can do any thin● have compassion upon them and help to undeceive them and rectify their Mistakes Surely this is one of the Abominations committed amo●● us for which we should be found among those that sigh and cry Ezek. 9. 4. one of those Instances of the Pride of Sinners for which ●ur Souls should weep in secret Jer. 13. 17. This is that Reproach of the solemn Assembly which is such a Burthen to all good Men. Zeph. 3. 18. Our Ears should tingle and our Hearts tremble to hear the Reproach and Contempt cast upon Christ and his Religion or to hear of it and looking upon our selves as nearly concern'd in Sacred Things we should be sensibly touch'd with the Profanation of them To affect us herewith let us consider 1. The great Dishonour hereby done to our God in the World They that reflect upon his Truths and Ways his Word and Ordinances reflect upon him He that toucheth these toucheth the apple of his eye If therefore we have any love to God or concern for his Honour and have cordially espous'd the Interests of his Kingdom what is an Affront to him will surely be a Grief to us It cannot but be a very melancholly Thought to every sensible Soul That the God that made the World is made so light of in the World That he who doth so much Good to the Children of Men hat● so little Honour from them nay and hath so much Dishonour done him by them every day and his Name continually blasphemed That the Lord Jesus who so loved the World is so much hated and despised by the World The Reproaches of them who thus reproach our Master if we be his faithful Servants we should feel as falling upon us And if he take what is said and done against his People as said and done against himself much more reason have they to find themselves aggrieved in that which is said and done against him If we pray heartily that God's Name may be hallowed as we should do every day we should grieve heartily that his Name is dishonoured as we see it is every day And our resentments of the Reproach cast upon God and Religion we should make a humble and pious Remonstrance of before God in Prayer as King Hezekiah spread Rabshakeh's blasphemous Letter before the Lord with that tender and affectionate Request Lord bow down thine ear and hear Open Lord thine eyes and see 2 Kin. 19. 16. How pathetically doth Ioshua plead chap. 7. 9. What wilt thou do unto thy great Name And with what a concern doth the Psalmist in the name of the Church insist upon this Psal. 74. 10. O God how long shall the Adversary reproach Shall the Enemy blaspheme thy Name for ever And v. 18. Remember this that the Enemy hath reproached O Lord and that the foolish People have blasphemed thy Name And how earnestly doth he beg v. 22. Arise O God plead thine own Cause Thus should the Honour of God and Religion lie nearer our Hearts than any other concern whatsoever 2. Consider the miserable Condition of those that presumptuously speak against God and Religion Tho' they may do it with an Air of Assurance as if they run no hazard yet he that rolleth this Stone it will certainly return upon him sooner or later They that speak against Religion speak against their own Heads and their own Tongues will at last fall upon them We have reason to bewail their Madness and to pity and pray for them for they know not what they do Miserable Souls How will they be deceived at last when they shall find that God is not mocked And that while they were studying to put contempt on Religion they were but preparing eternal Shame and Confusion for themselves The Lord is a jealous God and will not hold them guiltless that thus profane his Name Their Wit and Learning and Figure in the World may embolden them in their Sin and bear them up a while in an open Defiance of all that 's Sacred but nothing can prevent their utter Ruine besides a serious and sincere Repentance which is an unsaying with Shame and Self-lothing of all that which they have proudly spoken against God and Godliness They that pervert the right ways of the Lord will certainly 〈…〉 and they that wrest the Scriptures do it to the●● 〈◊〉 Destruction Religion's Motto is Nemo me ●npune lacessit 'T is ill jesting with edg-tools Ierusalem will certainly be a b●●thensome Stone to all People that burth●n themselves with it They th●● spurn at the Rock of Salvation will not only be unable to remove it but will find it a Stone of Stumbling and a Rock of Offence And we find those who ridicul'd the Word of the Lord broken and snared and taken Let all those therefore that mourn in Sion weep over those that will ●ot weep for themselves and look with pity and compassion upon those that look upon them with scorn and contempt 3. Consider the Mischief that is hereby done to the Souls of others They who thus err their error remaineth not with themselves but this poisonous and malignant Breath infects others Words spoken against Religion eat as doth a Canker and they who speak them seldom perish alone in their iniquity for many follow their pernicious ways Unwary Souls are easily beguil'd and brought to conceive rooted Prejudices against that which they hear every where spoken against and few have Consideration and Resolution enough to maintain a good opinion of that which they that set up for Wits make it their business to cry down Sergius Paulus was a pr●dent Man and yet St. Paul saw him in danger of being turned away from the Faith by the subtle Suggestions of Elymas the Sorcerer which therefore the Apostle resented with a more than ordinary keenness It is sad to think how many Young People who perhaps were well Educated and Hopeful when they go abroad into the World by conversing with those who lie in wait to deceive have their minds insensibly vitiated and debauch'd and perhaps they are made seven times more the Children of Hell than those that first seduced them Under a pretence of free Thought and fashionable Conversation and a generous Disdain of Preciseness and Singularity Atheistical Principles are imbid'd the Restraints of Conscience shaken off Brutish Lusts not only indulg'd but 〈◊〉 for and serious Godliness and Devotion loo●d upon with Contempt and