Spiritual Peace and Comfort. 319 temper of the body, then of theGrace in the foul Women ufually can weep eafily(and yet not all) and children, and old men Somecomplexions encline to it, and others not ; Many can weep at a Paflion-° er- mon, or any moving duty, and yet will not be per- fwadcd to obedience : thefe are Hard-hearted fin ners for all their tears. 2. Many a tender godly per- fon cannot weep for fin ; partly through the temper of their minds, whichare more judicious and folid, and lefs paf ionate , but mofi ly from the temper of their bodies , which difpc:fe them not that way. 3. Dcepeft forrows feldom caufe tears , but deep thoughts of heart : as greateft joys feldom caufe laughter, but inward pleafure. Ile tell you how you (hall know whole heart is truly forrowfull for fin and tender : Fie that would be at the greaten coft or pains to be ridof fin, or that he had not finned. You cannot weep for fin : but you wouldgive all that you have to be ridof fin you could with whenyou dif- honoured God by fin , that you had (pent that time in fuffering rather ; and if it were todo again on the fame terms and inducements, you would not do it : Nay, youwould live a beggar contentedly fo you might fully pleafe God, and never fin againft him; and are content to pinch your flefh and deny your worldly intereft for the time to come , rather then wilfully difobey. This is a truly tender heart. On the other fade, another can weep to think ofhis fin ; and yet if you fhould ask him, What wouldft thou give, or what wouldit thou fuller, fo thou hadít not fin- ned ? or that thoumighteft fin no more ? Alas., very little : For the next time that he is put to it , he will rather venture on the fin,then venture on a little lofs, or
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