,17 A choice Bed of Spices. heart may mourn for great fins, that make great wounds in his confcience and credit, and that leave a great blot upon !his name, or that wafle or rot his body , or defiroy his elate, or that expofe him to publick fcorn and shame, &c. Prov.5. 8-14 but for fins ofomiffion, for wandring thoughts, idle words, deadnefs, coldnefs, flightnefs in religious duties and fervices, unbelief, fecret pride, Pelf - confidence, , and a thoufand more fuch gnats as thefe he can fwallow without any iremorfe. But now godly forrow is of a general extent, it 'mourns as well for final! fns as for great. Davids heart fmote him, as well for cutting off the lap of Sau:'s garment, as it did for killing of liriab with the fword. A gracious foul weeps o- vermany fins, that none can charge upon him but God and his own confcience, Pfal. 19. 12..0 cleaiife thou me from fe- cret fat-t!ts. Yea, let me fay that godly forrnv and grief extends not only to a man's own fins, but alfo to the fins of others as well as his own, Ez,ek. 9. 4., 5. And this you may fee alfo in David, Ppd. tt9. 53,136, t58. And in 7ereminh, jer. 9. 1) 2, 3. And in Paul, Phil. 3. 18. And in Lot, Pet.a. 7, 8. And if -you pleafe to turn to my Treatife on Holinefs, you may fee feven fpeci511 arguments for this their pra6life, Page 139 to pag.1,45 .and therefore a touch in this place may fuffice. Fifthly, Godly forrow is a Jailing forrdw, 'tis a durable farrow ; as long as a Cbriflian continues finning, he can't but continue mourning. David's fins were a!wayes before him, Tf4/. 51. 3. though his 4bfa/0/9; nor his 13411ilheba were not ever before him. Godly forrow will every day follovv fin hard at hells. Look, as :a wicked man (in refpeol of his defire and will to (in) would fin for ever, if he fhould live for ever ; fo I may fay, if a godly man ihould live for ever, he would forrow for ever. After Patti had been converted many years (Tome think fourteen)you than find him a mourn ing and lamenting over his fins, Rom. 7. An ingenious child will never ceafe mourning,till he eeafes from offending an in- dulgent father., Though In and godly forrow were never born 223 5.
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