220 A Box of precious Ointment: Or, ifc from Cod, Job 16. G( d -makes my he1rt foft. NoThand ut a divine hand can make the heart foft and tender under the fight and fenfe cf Cll. Nature may eafily work a man to mourn, and melt, and weep, under worldly Ades , croffes and miferies, as it did David' men, I Sam. 3o. 4. But it mutt be grace, it muff be a fiipernatural principle that muff work the heart to mourn for fin. 2. Secondly,godly forro,,v is a forrow for fin as fin 'tis a mour- ning rather for nn-than for (mart; 'tis not ,fo much for lots of - uoodq ) lands, wife child,credit, name, &c. but for that a holy God is offended, a righteous Law.-violated,Chrift difhonour- ed, the Spirit grieved, and the Gofpel blemifhd, &c-. 'Pe- er's forrow was godly, but fodas his forrow was worldly; Yeter mourns over the evil of -fin, but fsida's mourns over the evil of punifliment. David mourns over his fin, Againfi thee, thee only have I finned, and done this evil in thy fight, Pfal; 51.4. And fo 2 Sam. 24. to. And David's heart frnste hies after he had ntambred the people ; and David faid Pinto the Lord, 1 have finned greatly in that I have done, and now 1 befeech thee, 0 Lord, rake alway the iniggity of thy fervant, for I have done foolifbly. Da- vid does not cry out,. take away the threatned famine, but take away the iniquity of thy fervant ; nor he does not cry out, take away the enemies of thy fervant, but take away the iniquity of thy fervant ; nor he does not fay, take away the peffilence fro ii the Land, but take away the iniquity of thy -fervant. But now when Pharaoh was under judgments, he never cryes to the Lord to take away his fins, his pride, his hardnefs, his obduratenefs, his envy, his malice, his hatred, &c. but he cryes out, take away the judgment, take away the judgment, take away the frogs, take away the lice, take away the caterpillars, &c. But under all thefe dreadful and amazing judgments that he was under, filch a word as this never fell from his lips, take away my fin, 0 Lord, take a- way my fins ; thy judgments do terrifie me, but my fins will damn me, and therefore what ever becothes of'my life,king .dom and crown, take ,away my fins and faveiny foul., David- faw fintobe a greater evil, than flying before his enemies, Or
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