or than famine or peftilence was and therefore he defires rather to be rid of his fins, than to be rid of the punifhmenc that was due to his fin ; but "Pharaoh fax no filch evil in fin, and therefore he cryes out, take away the plague, take away the plague. And job upon the dunghil cryes out, I have finned what-Jima I do onto thee, 0 thou preterver of men ? Job does not cry out, 0, I have loft all my fubflance, I am bereaved of all my children, I am fet as naked upon the dunghil as ever I was born ; my friends reproach me, my wife tempts me to curie my God, which is ten thoafand times/ worfe than to curie my felf ; Satan perfecutes me, and God has not only forfaken me, but is alto become a fevere'enerny to me, &c. Job crye; out of his fin, and not of his fufferings ; a* deep fenfe of his fins [wallows up as it were, all f..nfe of his fuf- ferin.gs. And fo that great Apoftle P44 does not cry out-,0 wretch- ed man that I am, that bonds attend me in every place, and that I have neither houfe nor home to go to, and that I am defpifed, Caviled, ieprpached and perfecuted, and that I am accounted faatious,,feditious, rebellious ' erronious, and that I am lookt upon as the off-fcouringof the world, &c. 0 no , but he cryes out of his fin ; 0 wretched man that-I ani ! who 'ball deliver me from this body of death ? Rom. 7. 2 3) 24. So the Prophet Micah, I will bear the indisnation of the Lord, becaofe I have finned, Micah 7.9. Though of all har- dens the indignation of the Lord be the greateft burden, yet divine indignation is but a light burden in cornparifon of fin. A gracious foul can better Rand under the burden of God's indignation for fin, than it can Rand under the burden of fin it felf, which bath: kindled that indignation, & c Thirdly, Godly forrow is a great forrow, fuperla tive forrow, 'tis a fad and ferious forrow ; a fincere mourn- ing is a deep mourning, it fprings from ferious and deepV- prehenfions of the greatanger and deep difpleafure of God, anchof the woful nature, demerit, burden, bitternefs, vile- nefs and filthinefs of fin, &e. The bleffed Scripture feems to make godly forrovv a fuperlative forrow, calling it a great mourn-
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