-~----·------.. _ ...... Part. r.Cap. 1 4· A!flirted {On[dmcn. abundantly every moment of our life : Should our hearts fall afLmder into drOj)S of bloud in our brea!t, for. anguifh and indignation againfl o~r fd ~cs fo~ our tranfgrdTions ; yet 111ould ~ve come mflmtely Jhort of the farrow and hearts grick, which our many and hainous lufrs and pollutio;1S juftly m~rit, and exar5l: at our hands. Therefore we~ cannot expect from our f:lves any hlch fufficic::ncy of for row' or wurthineffe of weeping for our finnes, :1s by the perfection and power thereof to win Gods favour, and draw his mercy upon us. Such a conceit were moll abfurd, fen.kle!f>!, -and finfull, and would rather dtfcover and tafle of naturall pride, than trut _humility, a.s they perhaps mifl:ake: tend unhappily to the difgrace of . Gods mercies, and gracing our owue merits True it - is; Had wee a thoufind .eyes, it ~vere too little to weepe them all cut, ·for the \'Cry vanity of that one ·ftnfull fenfe: Had wee a thoufar1d beans, and they 29) . fhould all burft with penitent griefe, and bleed to f o h ·b · . . .,eware l ou e4 ?eath for the finnes of ~mr fot}l~s; It \yere more than come 0 ,. a P.1pill, in tmmeafurab!y, unconcetveably Infufficient. For were thinking to mem all this fo, f yet were it not this ; but the hearts mcerly by thy conrri. bloud of Iefus Chrifr, could make the Fathers heart ,., ~ t m 1 h £ ,~orWCilrClhH.1CCcp. o yerne compa wnate y over us, or pure a1e parred fGrour owne wee~ donJ and acceptation at his hands. Tender therefore ping, but for Chtifis unto that poore trvubl~d foule, who being (orely cru- parlion. ihed, and languif11ing under the burden of his finncs> . ~g refufes to be raifed and refrelbed, endleOy pleading, t;o .l, .e:'· n '.~'~or thy d d· r. · • fl. h' £ lr. f n c- comrm >n 1f. Jt had an 11puung aga1nu: .1m1e 1e, ol~t o a Ilrong, reare- bin a, hu~drcd times full apprehenfion of hts owne vtlenelfe and unwor- more,rould merit par- . · . don of eh:: Jea!l: of tby fi 1'• I[ rhe Lord]e{UJ h1d not fuffered infi 1ite f'orrow and gr iefe in Soult: and Hody for them ;H 1s ~ot all our grieving could fari,fi:: Gods ju[bcc for rhe fnuUdl otfcncc; no not tho w~ fhould w~ ep our our eye.;, and mtlllrne to death. rherebre,rho God b,uh :1p,1oir• ted nlJ, to whom hee I'll ill fhew mercy, to bee conu·itc hearted ; yet nor rfl come to mer~ Cle thereby, a~ by a meritoriom mcancs; but as by a convenient ~nd lliCet d,fpoliuon, to P' cpare us to fe~ke and receive mercy with t~nnkfulndf :. 7?...ogers of 'D!dham, V( Fa:tb, p~g.r )t· Non iJJ fe.tibu~ 11of!ru;nen in a{/ibuJ nojhis 1{ed in Aduocati noflri allcgaL;one con-; fidau;;u , Greg. mEzcch.Hom. 7· · · thiucff.::,
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