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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

thee thine Elders a●d they will tell thee that the Fear of the Lord that is Wisdom and to depart from Evil that is Vnderstanding They will tell thee That Religion's Ways are Ways of Pleasantness and all her Paths are Peace and that all the Wealth and Pleasure in this World is not worth one Hours Communion with God in Jesus Christ. They will tell thee That there is no Truths so certain and weighty as Divine Truths and that no Statutes and Judgments are so righteous as the Divine Law which is Holy Iust and Good They will tell thee That real Holiness and Sanctification is the Perfection of the Human Nature as well as the Participation of a Divine Nature That a firm Belief of the Principles of Religion is the greatest improvement of our intellectual Powers a strict Adherence to its Rules our surest Guide in all our Ways and a chearful Dependance upon its Promises the Fountain of better Ioys and the Foundation of better Hopes than any we can be furnish'd with in the things of Sense and Time They will tell thee that a Life of serious Godliness is incomparably the most Sublime and Honourable the most Sweet and Comfortable Life a Man can live in this World and that nothing doth more answer the end of our Creation better befriend Societies nor conduce more to our true interest in both Worlds than that Holy Religion which is every where spoken against 4. Consider that the cause of Religion and Godliness however it be spoken against and oppos'd will infallibly be the prevailing Cause at last We are sensible of a mighty struggle in the World betwixt the seed of the Woman and the seed of the Serpent Michael and his Angels on the one side and the Dragon and his Angels on the other Many there are that speak against Religion and are very vigorous in opposing it and some tho' but a few that are speaking for it contending for the Faith and striving against Sin now it is desirable to know which of these contesting Interests will be victorious and we may be assur'd that the cause of God and Religion will certainly carry the day Contradicted Truths will be effectually clear'd and vindicated Despised Holiness will be honour'd Mistakes rectify'd Reproaches roll'd away and every thing set in a true Light Then you shall return and discern between Truth and Falshood Right and Wrong which now it is not always easie to do The Day of the Lord is said to be in the Valley of Decision Joel 3. 14. Because then and there will this great Cause be decided which has been so long depending and a definitive Sentence given from which there will ly no Appeal and against which there will be no Exception Our God will then come and will not Keep Silence whoever now Speak against Religion he will then speak for it and will undoubtedly be justified when he speaks and clear when he judgeth Particular Parties and Interests as such will wither and come to nothing But Catholick Christianity that is Denying Vngodliness and Worldly Lusts and living Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World in ●●pectation to the Blessed Hope This is Good and the Goodness of it being founded on the unchangeable will of the Eternal Mind it is Eternally Good and no doubt will be Eternally Glorious whatever is said against it This this is that Gold and Silver and those Precious Stones which will stand the Test of the Fire that shall try every Mans Work I Cor. 3. 12 13. and will be found unto 〈◊〉 and Honour and Glory at the Appearing of 〈◊〉 Christ. Assure 〈◊〉 selves Christians there is a Day of Recom●●●es for t●e Controversy of Sion coming and it is at Hand Behold the Iudge standeth before the Door Then Vice and Wickedness which now appear so daring so threatning will be effectually and irrecovera●● crush'd and such a fatal and incurable Blow given to the Serpen●● Head that he shall never hil● 〈◊〉 never spit his Venom any more Then shall the Vpright have the Dominion Psal. 49. 14. and all the faithful Souldiers of the Lord Jesus shall be call'd to set their Feet upon the Necks of Principalities and Powers Then Atheists and Blasphemers the Debauchees and prophane Scoffers of the Age will have their Mouths stopt with an irresistable Conviction will have all their vile Calumnies visibly confuted their Hearts fill'd with unspeakable Horror and their Faces with everlasting Shame Their Refuge of Lies will then be swept away and Rocks and Mountains call'd upon in vain to shelter them Then shall the Righteous who are now trampled upon and despised shine as the Sun in the Firmament of their Father Wisdom and her Children shall be first justified and then glorified before all the World And they that through Grace have gotten the Victory over the Beast and over his Image shall solace themselves and praise their Redeemer with everlasting Songs of Triumph The Dirt that is now unjustly thrown upon them will not only be wiped off but will add to their Glory and every Reproach for the Testimony of Jesus will be a Pearl in their Crown The Righteous Judge of Heaven and Earth will shortly render to every Man according to his Work To them who by patient continuance in Well-doing seek for Glory and Honour and Immortality in the other World and in pursuit of that patiently bear Disgrace and Contempt in this to them he will render Eternal Life w●ich will make them as Happy as they can desire far more Happy than they can now conceive But to them that are Conten●● and do not obey the Truth but contradict it and rebel against the Light and Laws of it being ●e●●lv'd to obey Vnrighteousness to them he will render with a just and Almighty Hand Indignation and Wrath the effect of which will be such Tribulation and Anguish to the Soul as will make them feel eternally what now they will not be perswaded to believe that it is a fearful thing to fall into the Hands of the living God for never any hardned their Hearts against him and prosper'd Brethren These are the true Sayings of God on the certainty of which we may venture our Immortal Souls They who speak and act so much against Religion design to run it down and extirpate it that the Name of it may be no more in remembrance and perhaps you hear them sometimes boast of their success herein If they can but handsomly as they think ridicule the sacred Text or Banter any of the Divine Mysteries 〈◊〉 as if a good Man they 〈…〉 they had run down Religion Run down Religion In the Name of my great Master I defy all the Powers of Hell and Earth to run it down They may sooner run down the flowing Tide or the Sun when he goes forth in his strength than run down the least of the Dictates of Eternal Truth

among Thorns The same Ornament which in the Text is recommended to Wives is by the same Apostle recommended to us all 1 Pet. 5. 5. Yea all of you be subject one to another that explains what Meekness is it is that mutual yielding which we owe one to another for edification and in the fear of God Eph 5. 21. This seems to be a hard Saying how shall we digest it an impracticable Duty how shall we conquer it why it follows be cloathed with Humility The word is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 innodate from 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a Knot Which notes 1. The fixedness of this Grace We must gird it fast to us and not leave it to hang loose so as to be snatch'd away by every Temptation Carelesness is no commendation of the Souls adorning Watchfulness and Resolution in the strength of Christ must tye the Knot upon our Graces and make them as the Girdle that cleaves to a Man's Loins 2. The comliness and Ornament of it Put it on as a Knot of Ribbands as an Ornament to the Soul such is the Meekness of Wisdom it gives to the Head an Ornament of Grace and which is more a Crown of Glory Pro. 1. 9. and 4. 9. 4. There is in it the Credit of true Courage Meekness is commonly despised and run down by the Grandees of the Age as a piece of Cowardise and Mean-spiritedness and the evidence of a little Soul and is posted accordingly while the most furious and angry Revenges are celebrated and applauded under the pompous Names of Valor and Honour and Greatness of Spirit which ariseth from a mistaken Notion of Courage the true Nature whereof is thus stated by a very ingenuous Pen That it is a Resolution never to decline any evil of pain when the chusing of it and the exposing of our selves to it is the only Remedy against a greater evil And therefore he that accepts a challenge and so runs himself upon the evil of sin which is the greater evil only for fear of shame and reproach which is the less evil he is the Coward while he that refuseth the challenge and so exposeth himself to reproach for fear of sin he is the valiant Man True Courage is such a presence of Mind as enableth a Man rather to suffer than to sin to chuse Affliction rather than Iniquity to pass by an Affront tho' he lose by it and be hiss'd at for a Fool and a Sneak rather than to engage in a sinful Quarrel He that can deny the brutual Lust of Anger and Revenge rather than violate the Royal Law of Love and Charity however contrary the Sentiments of the World may be he is truly Resolute and Couragious The Lord is with thee thou mighty Man of Valor Fretting and Vexing is the fruit of the Weakness of Women and Children but much below the strength of a Man especially of the New Man that is born from above When our Lord Jesus is described in his Majesty riding prosperously the Glory he appears in is Truth and Meekness and Righteousness Psal. 45. 4. The Courage of those who overcome this great red Dragon of Wrath and Revenge by meek and patient suffering and by not loving their Lives unto the Death Rev. 12. 11. will turn to the best and most honourable account on 'tother side the Grave and will be crowned with Glory and Honour and Immortality when those that caused their terror in the Land of the Living fall ingloriously and bear their shame with them that go down to the Pit Ezek. 32. 24. 5. The Credit of a Conformity to the best Patterns The Resemblance of those that are confessedly Excellent and Glorious hath in it an Excellency and Glory To be meek is to be like the greatest Saints the Elders that obtained a good Report and were of Renown in their Generation 'T is to be like the greatest Angels whose Meekness in their Converse with and Ministration to the Saints is very observable in the Scriptures nay it is to be like the Great God himself whose Goodness is his Glory who is Deus Optimus and therefore Maximus who is slow to Anger and in whom Fury is not Isa. 27. 4. We are then followers of God as dear Children when we walk in Love and are kind one to another tender-hearted forgiving one another Eph. 5. 1 2. compare chap. 4. l. The more quiet and sedate we are the more like we are to that God who tho' he be nearly concerned in all the Affairs of this lower World is yet far from being moved by its most violent Convulsions and Revolutions But as he was from Eternity so he is and will be to Eternity infinitely happy in the enjoyment of himself It is spoken to his Praise and Glory Psal. 29. 10. The Lord sits upon the Floods even then when the Floods have lifted up their voice have lifted up their Waves Psal. 93. 3 4. Such is the Rest of the eternal Mind that he sits as firm and undisturbed upon the moveable Flood as upon the immoveable Rock the same Yesterday to Day and for Ever And the meek and quiet Soul that preserves its Peace and Evenness against all the ruffling Insults of Passion and Provocation doth thereby somewhat participate of a Divine Nature 2 Pet. 1. 4. Let the true Honour that attends this Grace of Meekness recommend it to us It is one of those things that are Honest and Pure and Lovely and of good Report A Vertue that hath a Praise attending it Phil. 4. 8. A Praise perhaps not of the most of Men but of God Rom. 2. 29. It is the certain way to get and keep if not a great Name yet a good Name Such as is better than precious Ointment Though there be those that trample upon the meek of the Earth and look upon them as Michal upon David despising them in their Hearts yet if this is to be vile let us be yet more vile and base in our own sight and we shall find as David argues there that there are those of whom we shall be had in honour sooner or later 2 Sam. 6. 22. for the Word of Christ shall not fall to the Ground that those who humble themselves shall be exalted 2. Consider how comfortable a meek and quiet Spirit is Inward Comfort is a desirable good which hath more in it of reality and depends less upon Opinion than that of Credit And this is that which Meekness and Quietness of Spirit hath such a direct tendency to nay which it carries along with it What is true Comfort and Pleasure but a Quietness in our own Bosom Those are most easie to themselves that are so to all about them while they that are a burthen and a Terror to others will not be much otherwise to themselves He that would lead a quiet must lead a peaceable Life 1 Tim. 2. 2. The surest way to find Rest to our Souls is to learn of him