Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.

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Title: Motives to holy living, or, Heads for meditation divided into consideratins, counsels, duties : together with some forms of devotion in litanies, collects, doxologies, &c.
Author: R. H., 1609-1678.
Publication: Oxford :: [s.n.],; 1688.
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Subject terms: Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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Of its Opposites.

1. Rational; Pride of Wit, and Judgment.
2. Spiritual; Pride of Purity and Holiness.
3. Anger against Vice: aggravating of other mens faults, when as Charity covereth them (1. Pet. 4.8.) and beareth, and hopeth, all things 1. Cor. 13.7. and considereth her self, lest she also be so tempted, Gal. 6.1.
4. Anger against Error; and contending vehemently (to convince those that oppose us) for truth; when as

the wrath of man, &c. Jam. 1.20. And the wisdome from above is gentle, &c. Jam. 3.17. And the man of God should not strive, 2. Tim. 2.24. And God only in his good time may reveal, and convince, but ordinarily we cannot. Phil. 3.15. 2. Tim. 2.25. To prevent which anger, not easily engaging your self in every discourse; nor (engaged) contradicting Him, with whom you con∣test, in every thing that he saith amiss; but only for a very necessary Truth: nor seeking any way to exaspe∣rate his Spirit; or to provoke him to speak something against his conscience; or to disparage, and shame, him.