Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

--TheSaints . pentance all this inexplicablemifery fhall beturn~ tn~o unconceivable felicide. Hereyou may runne , over the counrer-comforr:s in refpc:tt-Oftime, firfr, pafr. z Pr~[ent. 3 'focome. .. . , · V · Tohelpe in the fifth, towit, to make thy heart The fiftl~ ,p:trt Jtobreakandbleed within thee for the finnes ofthy ofthefplntuaU r. I · exercifc. . lOU e; Before I propound the helps, confider, that ; theendofourformer through- fearch ~ncl examination, is this affiifring ofour foul€s (as theScrip~ure calls it) or the humblingandcafringdowne ofour foules before the Lord. The Prophet Joe( calls it, the renting ofour hearts. For thereforedoe,weab– fraine for a time from meat, that wee may hav~ a qaicke fenfe and feeling ofour owne unworthines. Therefore we bring downethe body,that the mind might alfo bee brought downe, and our hearts bra. ken and rent in funder. Youmayobferve, that fa– fring and mourning are joyned togc:taer, andufed. promifcuoufly fQr the fame thing ; ifyot.1 compare M.ttth,. 9· I 5· and16. v.·together. Lev.%3.29. what- . foever ftule fbaU not 6e affliBeJuponthllt dt1J,(haUhecnt '.lffromhil people. ltJelz~I z.'T~~rne1e unt1 me 'lfith all y1ur hearts, 'IIJith jAfling, 'll'etpingandm1urnblg. And this afflicting ofthefoulehath been afually expref.. fedoutwardly ~nabundanceoftears;as Iu4!.· 2.:z,3. Thepeople there mourning for their finnes, lifted up their voices and wept fo exceedingly, that the verynameoftbe place was called Bothim, that' is., weepers. Andlikewife, 1 saw.7. 6. Therepenting Ifiaelires beinggatheredtogetberat Mizpah, drew water, and poored it out before the Lord,; they · drew it,. as it were with buckets., or they peured forth

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