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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

Laws of it was perhaps intimated by Ionathan's delivering to David his Sword and his Bow and his Girdle all his Military Habiliments when he entred into a Covenant of Friendship with him 1 Sam. 18. 3. 4. 3. He enjoys his God and that 's most comfortable of all 'T is the Quintessence of all Happiness and that without which all our other Enjoyments are sapless and insipid For this none are better qualified than those that are arrayed with the Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit which is in the sight of God of great price 'T was when the Psalmist had newly conquer'd an unruly Passion and compos'd himself that he lift up his Soul to God in that pious and pathetical Breathing Whom have I in Heaven but thee and there is none upon Earth that I desire in comparison of thee Psal. 73. 25. We enjoy God when we have the Evidences and Assurances of his F●vor the Tasts and Tokens of his Love when we experience in our selves the Communications of his Grace and the continued instances of his Image stamped upon us And this those that are most meek and quiet have usually the greatest degrees of In our Wrath and Passion we give place to the Devil and so provoke God to withdraw from us Nothing grieves the Holy Spirit of God by whom we have Fellowship with the Father more than bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and evil speaking Eph. 4. 30 31. But to this Man doth the God of Heaven look with a peculiar Regard even to him that is poor poor in Spirit Isa. 66. 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to him that is quiet so the Syriack to him that is meek so the Caldee The great God over-looks Heaven and Earth to give a favourable look to the Meek and Quiet Soul Nay he not only looks at such but Isa. 57. 15. He dwells with them noting a constant Intercourse and Communion between God and humble Souls His Secret is with them he gives them more Grace and they that thus dwell in Love dwell in God and God in Them The Waters were dark indeed but they were quiet when the Spirit of God moved upon them and out of them produced a beautiful World This calm and sedate Frame doth very much qualifie and dispose us for the Reception and Entertainment of Divine Visits and sets bounds to the Mountain Exod. 19. 12. on which God is to descend that no Interruption may break in and chargeth the Daughters of Ierusalem by the Roes and the Hinds of the Field those sweet and gentle and peaceable Creatures not to stir up or awake our Love until he please Cant. 2. 7. Some think it was for the quieting and composing of his Spirit which seems to have been a little ruffled that Elisha call'd for the Minstrel 2 Kings 3. 15. and then the hand of the Lord came upon him Never was God more intimate with any meer Man than he was with Moses the meekest of all the Men on the Earth and it was requir'd as a needful Qualification of the High-Priest who was to draw near to Minister that he should have Compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out of the way Heb. 5. 1 2. The meek will be guide in Iudgment with a still small Voice which cannot be heard when the Passions are loud and tumultuous The angry Man when he awakes is still with the Devil contriving some malicious Project The meek and quiet Man when he awakes is still with God solacing himself in his favour Return unto thy Rest O my Soul saith David Psal. 116. 7. when v. 6. he had reckon'd himself among the simple i. e. the mild innocent and inoffensive People Return to thy Noah so the word is for Noah had his Name from Rest perhaps alluding to the Rest which the Dove found with Noah in the Ark when she could find none any where else Those that are harmless and galless and simple as Doves can with comfort return to God as to their Rest. It is excellently paraphras'd by Mr. Patrick God and thy Self my Soul enjoy in quiet Rest free'd from thy Fears It is said Psalm 147. 6. That the Lord lifteth up the meek As far as their Meekness Reigns they are lifted up above the stormy Region and fixt in a Sphere perpetually calm and serene They are advanced indeed that are at home in God and live a Life of Communion with him not only in Solemn Ordinances but even in the Common Accidents and Occurences of the World Every Day is a sabbath-Sabbath-day a Day of Holy Rest with the meek and quiet Soul that is one of the Days of Heaven As this Grace gets ground the Comforts of the Holy Ghost grow stronger and stronger according to that precious Promise Isa. 29. 19. The Meek also shall increase their Ioy in the Lord and the Poor among Men shall rejoyce in the Holy One of Israel 4. It is not in the Power of his Enemies to disturb and interrupt him in these Enjoyments His Peace is not only sweet but safe and secure As far as he acts under the Law of Meekness it is above the reach of the assaults of those that wish ill to it He that abides quietly under the shadow of the Almighty shall surely be delivered from the Snare of the Fowler Psal. 91. 1 3. The greatest Provocations that Men can give would not hurt us if we did not by our inordinate and foolish concern come too near them and within reach of their Canon we may therefore thank our selves if we be damaged He that hath learned with Meekness and Quietness to forgive Injuries and pass them by hath found the best and surest way of baffling and defeating them nay it is a kind of innocent Revenge It was an evidence that Saul was acted by another Spirit in that when the Children of Belial despis'd him and brought him no Presents hoping by that Contempt to give a shock to his Infant-Government he held his peace and so neither his Soul nor his Crown received any disturbance 1 Sam. 10. 27. Shimei when he cursed David intended thereby to pour Vinegar into his Wounds and to add affliction to the afflicted but David by his Meekness preserv'd his Peace and Shimei's design was frustrated So let him curse 2 Sam. 16. 10. Alas poor Creature he hurts himself more than David who while he keeps his Heart from being Tinder to those Sparks is no more prejudiced by them than the Moon is by the foolish Curr that barks at it The meek Man's Prayer is that of David Psal. 61. 2. Lead me to the Rock that is higher than I And there I can as Mr. Norris expresses it smile to see The Shafts of Fortune all drop short of me The meek Man is like a Ship that rides at Anchor movetur sed non amovetur the Storm moves it the meek Man is not a Stock or Stone under Provocation but doth not remove it from its Port. It is

without look upon your selves as Ungirt Undrest Unblest without it Put it on as a Livery-Garment by which you may be known to be the Disciples of the Meek and Humble and Patient Jesus and to belong to that Peaceable Family Put it on as an Ornament as a Robe and a Diadem by which you may be both beautified and dignified in the Eyes of others Put it on as the Elect of God Holy and Beloved because you are so in Profession and that you may approve yourselves so in Truth and Reality be cloath'd with Meekness As the Elect of God a choice People a chosen People whom God hath set apart for himself from the rest of the World as holy fanctified to God sanctified by him study these Graces which put such a Lustre upon Holiness and recommend it to those that are without As beloved beloved of God beloved of Man beloved of your Ministers for Loves sake put on Meekness What winning perswasive Rhetorick is here enough one would think to smooth the roughest Soul and to soften and sweeten the most obstinate Heart Meekness is a Grace of the Spirits working a Garment of his preparing but we must put it on i. e. must lay our Souls under the commanding Power and Influence of it Put it on not as a loose outer Garment to be p●t off in hot Weather but let it cleave to us as the Girdle cleaves to a Man's Loyns so put it on as to reckon our selves naked to our shame without it 3. We must follow after Meekness This Precept we have 1 Tim. 6. 11. Meekness is there put in opposition to those foolish and hurts●● Lusts which Timothy must flee from Thou O Man of God flee these things and follow after Righteousness Godliness Faith Love Patience Meekness See what good Company it is rank'd with Every Christian is in a sense a Man of God tho' Timothy is call'd so as a Minister and those that belong to God are concern'd to be and do so as to recommend themselves to him and his Religion to the World therefore let the Men of God follow after Meekness The Occasions and Provocations of Anger often set our Meekness at a distance from us and we have it to seek then when we have most need of it But we must follow after it and not be taken off from the pursuit by any Diversion whatsoever While others are Ingenious and Industrious enough in following after Malice and Revenge projecting and prosecuting angry Designs be you as wise and diligent to preserve the Peace both within doors and without Following Meekness bespeaks a sincere Desire and a serious Endeavour to get the Mastery of our Passion and to check and govern and moderate all the Motions of it Tho' we cannot fully attain this Mastery yet we must follow after it and aim at it Follow Meekness that is as much as in you lies live peaceably with all Men endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit we can but make one side of the Bargain if others will quarrel yet let us be peaceable if others will strike the Fire that 's their fault let not us be as Tinder to it 4. We must shew all Meekness unto all Men. This is one of the Subjects which Paul directs a young Minister to preach upon Tit. 3. 2. Put them in mind to shew all Meekness It is that which we have need to be often minded of Meekness is there opposed to Brawling and Clamour which is the Fruit and Product of our own Anger and the Cause and Provocation of the Anger of others Observe it is all Meekness that is here recommended to us 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 all kinds of Meekness bearing Meekness and forbearing Meekness qualifying Meekness condescending Meekness forgiving Meekness the Meekness that endears our Friends and that which reconcil●s our Enemies the Meekness of Authority over Inferiors the Meekness of Obedience to Superiors and the Meekness of Wisdom towards all All Meekness is Meekness in all Relations in reference to all Injuries all sorts of Provocation Meekness in all the Branches and Instances of it In this piece of our Obedience we must be Universal Observe further we must not only have Meekness all Meekness but we must shew it by drawing out this Grace into Exercise as there is occasion In our Words in our Looks in our Actions in every thing that falls under the Observation of Men we must manifest that we have indeed a regard to the Law of Meekness and that we make Conscience what we say and do when we are provok'd We must not only have the Law of Love written in our Hearts but in our Tongues too we must have the Law of Kindness Pro. 31. 26. And thus the Tree is known by its Fruits This Light must shine that others may see the good Works of it and hear the good Words of it too not to glorifie us but to glorifie our Father Mat. 15. 16. we should study to appear in all our Converse so mild and gentle and peaceable that all that see us may witness for us that we are of the Meek of the Earth We must not only be moderate but let our Moderation be known Phil. 4. 5. He that is in this respect a wise Man let him shew it in the Meekness of Wisdom Iam. 3. 13. What are good Cloaths worth if they be not worn Why hath the Servant a fine Livery given him but to shew it for the honour of his Master and of the Family he belongs to How can we say we are meek if we do not shew it The shewing of our Meekness will beautifie our P●ofession and will adorn the Doctrine of God our Saviour and may have a very good influence upon others who cannot but be in Love with such an excellent Grace when thus like the Ointment of the right Hand it betrayeth it self and the House is filled with the Odor of it Again This Meekness must be thus shew'd unto all Men Foes as well as Friends those without as those within all that we have any thing to do with We must shew our Meekness not only to those above us that we stand in awe of but to those below us that we have an Authority over The Poor indeed useth Intreaties but whatever is the Practice it is not the Priviledge of the rich to answer roughly Prov. 18. 23. We must shew our Meekness not only to the Good and Gentle but also to the Froward for this is thank-worthy 1 Pet. 2. 18 19. Our Meekness must be as extensive as our Love so exceeding broad is this Commandment All Meekness to all Men. We must shew this Meekness most to those with whom we do most converse There are some that when they are in Company with Strangers appear very mild and good humored their Behaviour is plausible enough and complaisant but in their Families they are peevish and froward and ill-natured and those about them scarce know how to speak to them

be pleasing to or prevailing with the God of Love and Peace Our Rule is First go and be reconciled to thy Brother and then come and offer thy Gift Mat. 5. 23 24. And if we do not take this method though we seek God in a due Ordinance we do not seek him in the due Order The Lord's Day is a day of Rest and none are fit for it but those that are in a quiet Frame whose Souls are entred into that present Sabbatism which the Gospel hath provided for the People of God Heb. 4. 9. The Lord's Supper is a Gospel-Feast of Unleavened Bread which must be kept not with the old Leaven of Wrath and Malice and Wickedness but with the Unleavened Bread of Sincerity and Truth God made a gracious visit to Abraham Gen. 13. 14. After that Lot was separated from him viz. After the Strife betwixt him and Lot was over in which he had discovered so much Mildness and Humility The more carefully we preserve the Communion of Saints the fitter we are for Communion with God It is observable that the Sacrifices which God appointed under the Law were not ravenous Beasts and Birds of Prey but Calves and Kids and Lambs and Turtle Doves and young Pigeons all of them Emblems of Meekness and Gentleness and Inoffensiveness for with such Sacrifices God is well pleased This quietness of Spirit contributes very much to the constant steddiness and regularity of a religious Conversation Hot and eager Spirits that are ready to take Fire at every thing are usually very inconstant in their Profession and of great Inconsistency with themselves like a Man in an Ague Fit sometimes burning hot and sometimes shivering for cold or like those that Gallop in the beginning of their Journey and tire before the end of it whereas the meek and quiet Christian is still the same and by keeping to a constant rate rids Ground If you would have one Foot of the Compasses go even round the Circumference you must be sure to keep the other fixt and quiet in the Centre for your strength is to sit still 2. It makes us fit for any Relation which God in his Providence may call us into Those that are quiet themselves cannot but be easie to all that are about them and the nearer any are to us in Relation and Converse the more desirable it is that we should be easie to them Relations are various as Superiors Inferiors and Equals he that is of a meek and quiet Spirit is cut out for any of them Moses was forty Years a Courtier in Aegypt forty Years a Servant in Midian and forty Years a King in Ieshrun and his Meekness qualified him for each of these Posts and still he held fast his Integrity There are various Duties requisite according as the Relation is and various Graces to be exercised but this of Meekness is the Golden Thread that must run thro' all If Man be a sociable Creature the more he hath of Humanity the more fit he is for Society Meekness would greatly help to preserve the Wisdom and due Authority of Superiors the Obedience and due Subjection of Inferiors and the Love and mutual Kindness and Serviceableness of Equals A calm and quiet Spirit receives the comfort of the Relation most thankfully studies the Duty of the Relation most carefully and bears the Inconvenience of the Relation for there is no unmixed Comfort under the Sun most chearfully and easily I have heard of a Married Couple who tho' they were both naturally of a hot and hasty Temper yet lived very comfortably in that Relation by observing an Agreement made between themselves Never to be both angry together an excellent law of Meekness it is which if faithfully liv'd up to would prevent many of those Breaches among Relations which occasion so much Guilt and Grief and are seldom heal'd without a Scar. 'T was part of the good Advice given by a Pious and Ingenious Father to his Children newly entred into the Conjugal Relation Doth one speak Fire 'tother with Water come Is one provok'd be 'tother soft or dumb And thus one wise both happy But where Wrath and Anger are indulged all Relations are embittered those that should be helps meet become as Thorns in our Eyes and Goads in our sides Two indeed are better than one and yet it is better to dwell alone in the Wilderness than with a Contentious and Angry Relation who is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day Pro. 21. 19. 27. 15. Some of the Hebrew Criticks have noted that if you take away 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the fear of the Lord from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Husband and Wife there remains nothing but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Fire Fire It is so in other Relations 3. It makes us fit for any Condition according as the wise God shall please to dispose of us Those that through Grace are enabled to compose and quiet themselves are fit to live in this World where we meet with so much every day to discompose and disquiet us In general whether the outward Condition be prosperous or adverse whether the World smile or frown upon us a meek and quiet Spirit is neither lifted up with the one nor cast down with the other but still in the same poise In Prosperity humble and condescending the Estate rising but the Mind not rising with it in Adversity encourag'd and chear'd up cast down but not in despair in both even like a Dye throw it which way you will it lights on a square side St. Paul that had learn'd in every Estate to be content 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 satisfied within himself knew how to be abased and knew how to abound every where and in all things he was instructed both to be full and to be hungry both to abound and to suffer need Phil. 4. 11 12. Changes without made none within It is a Temper which as far as it hath the Ascendant in the Soul makes every Burthen sit light by bringing the Mind to the Condition when the Condition is not in every thing brought to the Mind Prosperity and Adversity have each of them their particular Temptation to Peevishness and Frowardness the former by making Men imperious the latter by making Men impatient against the Assaults of each of these Temptations the Grace of Meekness will stand upon the Guard Being to pass thro' this World by Honour and Dishonour by evil Report and good Report that is thro'a great variety of Conditions and Treatments we have need of that long-suffering and kindness and love unfeigned which will be armour of Righteousness on the right hand and on the left I refer you to that Scripture 2 Cor. 6. 6 7 8. Meekness and quietness will fortifie the Soul on each hand and suit it to the several Entertainments which the World gives us like a skilful Pilot that which Point of the Compass soever the Wind