370 Generalt dire'elionsfor a ratters of fpeciall honour, and remembrancers of thy wor- thy fervice, whereby, thou (halt appeare more acceptable and amiable in the eyes of Almightie God, and all that glorious triumphant Churchabove. g. If thou rightly temper, and well weigh even thy foreft forrow, and the very bleedingof thyheart for Caine ; it fhould bee fo farrefrom damping the lightfomeneffe of thy fpirit, that it ought to openunto thee a well-fpring of purefi joy. For thepenitent meltingofour affections, andkindelymourning over Him, whom wee have pierced with our finnes, 'argues infallibly , and fweetly af- lures theprefence and faatifyingpower of the holy Spirit. Andwhat greater comfort, or fweeter delight, then that whicharifeth from a well grounded evidence, that the Faun- taine of all comfort dwels in our {bilks ? Such teares as burn out ofa heart oppreft withgriefe for finne, are like an April( lhowre, which though it wet a little, yet it begets a great dealeoffweetneffe in the hearbs , flowers , and fruits ofthe earth. As even in laughing the heart ofthewicked is farrow- full : fo contrarilyeven in fuck mourning , the heart of the true penitent islightfome and comfortable. For habitual] joy maynot onely confin with aetuall forrow , and contrarily but alfo even akanall joy with ativall forrow. This is no ftrange thing in other cafes ; when wee feea good man, per- fecuted for agood caufe, nand to it nobly; wee grieve for his troubles,but rejoyce inhis refolution and undauntedneffe. As weeought then to grieve bitterly for our finnes ; fo let us a Non eft hoc a rejoyce immeafurably for fach ingenuous grieving. Let us gaudium luetui a- lament heartilyover him,whom we havewounded with our li contrarium. E- ; abominable lufis but let us alfo bee infinitely glad at the ye- tenim ex illo luau nafcitur quoque ry heart roote ; that they are all pardoned by the powring hoc gaudiumQLii namque fua ipfius out of his blood. Not the moll exquifite quinteffence and mala luget,& con. extraetion ofall manner ofMuficke ; Sets or Conforts ; vo- ficetur, gaudebit. scYwaor7,, yr? ;au, call or inftrumentall ; can poffibly convey fo delicious a ern ,,,,K4x4Pi. touch and rein to the outward care of a man ; as a certifi- Chryfolt. epiti. ad P /Alp . Horn . 14. cate brought from the Throne of mercy by thebleffed Spirit Scalper doleat cenitens, & de dolore gaadeat. astguli de yeti fdifilrenit. cap. 13.Beati, qui fie lugetis, quia ride- iris in lacluyruis. Scal,Tarad.cap. s. fealed
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