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good_a if_o it_o be_v well_o manage_v now_o meekness_n be_v the_o bridle_n as_o wisdom_n be_v the_o hand_n that_o give_v law_n to_o it_o put_v it_o into_o the_o right_a way_n and_o keep_v it_o of_o a_o even_o steady_a and_o regular_a pace_n in_o that_o way_n reduce_v it_o when_o it_o turn_v aside_o preserve_v it_o in_o a_o due_a decorum_n and_o restrain_v it_o and_o give_v it_o check_v when_o at_o any_o time_n it_o grow_v headstrong_a and_o outrageous_a and_o threaten_v mischief_n to_o ourselves_o or_o other_o it_o must_v thus_o be_v hold_v in_o like_o the_o horse_n and_o mule_n with_o bit_n and_o bridle_n psal._n 32._o 9_o lest_o it_o break_v the_o hedge_n run_v over_o those_o that_o stand_v in_o its_o way_n or_o throw_v the_o rider_n himself_o headlong_o arab._n it_o be_v true_a of_o anger_n which_o we_o say_v of_o fire_n that_o it_o be_v a_o good_a servant_n but_o a_o bad_a master_n it_o be_v good_a on_o the_o hearth_n but_o bad_a in_o the_o hang_n now_o meekness_n keep_v it_o in_o 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according_o as_o also_o to_o keep_v silence_n in_o the_o court_n that_o the_o still_o small_a voice_n in_o which_o the_o lord_n be_v as_o he_o be_v with_o elijah_n at_o mount_n horeb_n 1_o kin_n 19_o 12_o 13._o may_v not_o be_v drown_v by_o the_o noise_n of_o the_o tumult_n of_o the_o passion_n a_o meek_a man_n will_v never_o be_v angry_a at_o a_o child_n at_o a_o servant_n at_o a_o friend_n till_o he_o have_v first_o serious_o weigh_v the_o cause_n in_o just_a and_o even_a balance_n while_o a_o steady_a and_o impartial_a hand_n hold_v the_o scale_n and_o a_o free_a and_o unprejudiced_a thought_n have_v adjudge_v it_o necessary_a it_o be_v say_v of_o our_o lord_n jesus_n john_n 11._o 33._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o trouble_v himself_o which_o speak_v it_o a_o considerate_a act_n and_o what_o he_o see_v reason_n for_o then_o thing_n go_v right_a in_o the_o soul_n when_o no_o resentment_n be_v admit_v into_o the_o affection_n but_o what_o have_v first_o undergo_v the_o 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