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“It is a sweet and pleasing air which this grace puts upon the countenance, while it keeps the soul in tune and frees it from those jarring ill-favored discords which are the certain effect of an ungoverned passion.”
(p. 54)

“In a word, ‘Put off all wrath, and anger and malice’ (those corrupted limbs of the old man), pluck up and cast away those roots of bitterness, and stand upon a constant guard against all the exorbitances of your own passion, and then you will soon know, to your comfort, better than I can tell you what it is to be of a meek and quiet spirit.”
p. 45

“It is indeed a great piece of self-denial to be silent when we have enough to say, and provocation to say it; but if we do thus control our tongues, out of a pure regard for peace and love, it will turn to a good account and will be an evidence for us that we are Christ’s disciples, having learned to deny ourselves.”
p. 35