Sermon 4· and FAsTING. 211 But, this will aske ti~e. It would not be polled through? as our ~anner is : we have done llraight. It.Is not.:! bufin~ffeof:tfew nunuts: It will aske Sa1m Peter'~ • Pet. , ; 9 ; ')&'(JC.,,retiredpt 4 ce,and Same Pauls •xoo.J:~•, vacantttme. It would aske.a 'Ii_a:t:-•r#es , Cor.7. 5·. .;,ow, to doeit as it fhould bedone : Even.a feq\lefinng our f~lves for anme, as they did .: In other refpeC!s .(I grant ; ! .but, among others, for this alfo, even roperforme to G 0 o, af/otivtrep~ntance. Tlus (l w1ili)we would trJe. But, we feekenopldce; we allow notimefor 1t. O.ur other affiures take up fo .c;IUch, .al. w_e can fp~re lmle or· none for this ;which, the ume w1ll come, when we iliall thmke 1tthewc1ghne!l:af. faireofall. . . · . . . . And yetit may be, when allis.done, none wt!l come though. .For, whohath tmes at comm<nd ';, Who can weepe when ~e !ills ~ f know it.well, they ?e the owjlowi11gs ofjirrow ; not of everyforrow~ . ~ut ofthefmft~a/1f.Atts ,. .andbe~ngan aet of the infiriour parts, reafon cannot command them at all umes, they will not bebad. But, ifthey will not, theProphet hath here put an.:mc;'1G-"~" in !lead ofit (for; 3 fodoetheFatlmsalltakeit:) tMourne. If weepewecannot·, mourne.wecan: and Wirhmo•r~ mo11rne we mull. Et vos non lt~xijli& (faith the vfpofile: ) Hefaith,not, ,Et vos non "'"!· jfe.vifti&, and you havenotrvept; But, andyor<have not mo11rned; as if he ihould fay, 'C:or.p; that you_fhould Have done at the leafi. 0Uourning they call, the forrow whi.chrt.t- (oll it felfc;pn yeeld. InSchoo!~s, they terme it DoloremappretiativRm, valuing what fuouldbe ; rating whatthe ftnnes deferve, though we have it not to lay d<lwoe,: yet what they deferve, we iliould; an~, that we can. Tkefe, and'thefe fin~es I have corn-. mitred, fomany, foheynout, [o oftIterate, fo long !yenm: thefe deferve to be bewailed even with teares ofbloud. , . ! z This we can: and this too, wifbwith the Prophet (an~ fo!kt ~s wilh) Q that my Ier.g:Jl lndwm frdlofwater, andmy eyesfou}'ltames of team, to dee1t 3sltiliould be done! · 'Ihis we can. . ,.. . . · 3 Andpray we can, that He which turneth theflintftoneinto affringing well,would . · , vouchf.1fe us (even as dry asflints ) gratiam lachrylt;amm (as theFathers call it) fom~ Pfal. "~·1• fmall portion ofthatgrace to that end. Though n•eepe we cannot;yet wifbfor it,anq pray for it·we can. ;' , · · . 4 Aodmnplainewe can, andbemone our felves (as cloth theProphet) with avery little variation from him: My leannejfe, my leannejfe (faith he) woe Y.me :.My,drineJ!e, . . my drinelfe (tnay each ofus [ay) ~oe i& me; Thetran{gre/fors have ojfended, ;hetranf- Efa,,~.,~. grejfors have grievorejly offended. Grievot~fly ojfen;/.wecan ; grie'Cioujly lament we cannot; Mydrinelfe, my drine([e, w0e is.me. Nay,, we need t10t vaw~e. may even:le~ lwmeffealone, his owne word. For, dry and !caneboth is our for~ow (Go 1> wor) Go ohelpeus, Thismollrnewecan. . . .. . '", . " . '. , • 5 And la!l:ly, this we can: even humbly befe~ch our nier~ifull G,o o ;md·Father, 10 ~efault ofours, to accept of the ftrong crying,a,nd hitter teares, wh,ich in thr.dayes of HMflefh, Hu blejfedSoN NB, mgreat agtinyfhed{q>; m: for us (I fay)that iliould,but jlt~ pot ~ble to dqethe,hke forourfelves: that what is wamipg in ours, m;~y befup– pbedrf,omthence. · Thefe (bythegraceofGo o) wem<Jydoe,indifch~rgeofthi~ pmnr. Thefe let us doc,.and it will bea~cepted. , ~ }lnd fo now to the !aft : Renty~ur hearts; ,You fee, firfi.aod lan. to theheart we -· eome J! · d 'I> 4 {. 1 j' or 10 eed,,aPJC.lemay be miffed, ateare or two let fall, and theheart oota{c With '"'tillj, ecde ,for all that. ~.E[at~ wept ;ob Ahabgaveowr h'i& (ntat; ~heir heart; (bopp){.pe!ii~tg 1 ourhtam. anf f.apd£humate.fiill•.,'fo ihew,~h)lt though thefebe requifite(oll· )yet thatthe paflion ~ Gc~. •7·1 8 ; o t e eartlscao t .t . h h H h ' . ·c .rKong.u. h . .b r'i Jl"'l'l,t emz.e' tq, t e eart e commer againealwa1es, to ven,,e, ~7; i ~ '~ oth andmall; quodcor nonj:;cit nonfit ; ifit benot do;u with the heart,.ifthe · ~eardtfioe.rt nst, nothing i& done. As in con'Verfton, thepr~roof'e ot' amendment m.ufi pro- ~ee romthehe tt S . .r: · r• J' .. 1 . · . ft .- 4 : omour contritio~;, theJ orroiv, thea11g;er, for our tllrmngaway mu Pierce to theheart : SC)me cardiaque.p~tfion to,be ; theheart.eo fulfer•. J 4 ·· An4
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