...and to make it plain that we are governed by the Dictates of the Wifdom that is from above, vcr. 17. •which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated ; full of Mercy and good Fruits, without Partiality, and without Hypocrify. SE RSERMON VIII. The moral...

...wonder, then, - • ,• * Curiofa iafelicitai; that the genuine gofpel, the doctrine of the SPIRIT, which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, fhould be utterly negleGed by thofe who are more folicitous about the opinion of a few weak and wicked...

...proceed even to his expulfion, i,t he 'rrolily offend againft that wifdom which is from above, " and which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, •will'out partiality, and ivhhait h\fcaif\" Jam. iii. 17. 5. He is...

...pride, teaching him to impofe on others (and even on himfelf, if tnat were poffible) auflerity of manner and outward obfervances, for that religion " which...be the greateft prefumption in any human being to fay where bigotry ended, and hypocrify began. You may obferve inftances of Cromwell's leaders, efpecially...

...if fo be we be not altogether unappeafeable, irreconcileable, and fo deftitute of that good fpirit, which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, Jama iii. 17. viz. 1. In that the Lord ordered the late horrid calamity (which afterward plague-like...

...if fo be we be not altogether unappeafeable, irreconcileable, and fo deftitute of that good Ipirit, which is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, James iii. 17. viz. 1. In that the Lord ordered the late horrid calamity (which afterward plague-like...