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_I.-l8 THE TRUE INHERITANCB_titles, which our Savior forbade his followersto receive,or wear.All impenitents will oppose it, so long asthey possess reason or judgment: for theywell know if none but the meek should inheritthe earth, they themselves must bethrust out: and this is the veryreasonwhya certain class of men neverquote this textto prove universal salvation; because theirreason tells them that shame would mantletheir cheek with ablush, to claim this appellationfor all men.Then _let me discuss my subject in thefollowing order:I WiLLINQUIRE, Wuo ARE 'runMEEK?II. EARTH_Wanis rnomsnn AS 'rasrn INnemnucs?AND WHEN, .mn How,'rms ausssmoWILL st: AccoMrusx~usn'lI. Wuo Ass 'rim Manx? Theyare not thewho think themselves betterproud Pharisees,than others; for this would be a contradictionof terms. To saya proud man is ameek man, would be putting evil fbr good,and I should meet with the wopronouncedby the prophet Isaiah, (V. 20,) "'Vo untothem that say concerning evil, it is good."And the wise mansays, Proverbs xvi. 54"Everyone that is proud in heart, is anabomination to the Lord." ,It cannot be abigoted man; for the prophet has pronounceda,_solemn wo against all such. "Isaiah'v. 21 :Wo unto them that are wise in their owneyes, and prudent in their own sight."

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