A choice Bed of Spices. 229 Therefore I will plague and punish thee , therefore my wrath shall fmoak againft thee, therefore my foul shall ab- hor thee, therefore I will flint up my loving kindnefs in dif- pleafure aaainft thee, therefore I will thew no more mercy towards thee, therefore I will hide my face for ever from thee, therefore I. will take vengeance on thee, therefore I will rain hell out of heaven upon thee, 3z c. O i but read and wonder, read and admire, read and hand amazed and alio- niihed, read and refrain from tears if thou canft, ver. ay. I, even I am he that blotteth out thy tranfgrelfions for mine on fake, and rill riot remember thy /ins. The Prophets exprelTion in that, Zech. 12. 10.; is very obfervable :they (halt look up- on him whom they have pierced, and they fhall mown for hies, zas one that moterneth for his only fin. Now 'tis obfervable in a fa- thers mourning for an only fon, there is nothing but pure love, fincere love, hearty love ; but in, a Eons mourning for his father, there may be and often is a great deal of felf-love, felf-refpeot, becaufe the child may run and read in his fa- ther's death, his own lofs, his own ruin, his own undoing ; but in the father's mourning for an only fon, a man may run and read the integrity, purity, and ingenuity of the father's love; and 'tis only inch a love as this as Pets the foul a mourning and a lamenting over a crucified Chrift. The thoughts and fars of wrath, of hell and of condemnation, works unfound heirts to mourn ; but 'tis the fight of a bleeding, dying Sa- viour that fets "ingenious, gracious fouls a mourning. Eighthly and lafily, Godly forrow'l grief or mourning, may be known by the infeparable concomitants or compani- ons that attend it and wait on it and they are thefe fever Firft, 1Nhat carefulnefs or ftudy ; the word notes the fe- rious intention of the mind, and the diligence and dexterity of the foul in shunning and avoiding fin, and arming of the foul againft all occafions and temptations thereunto. The great care of the repenting foul is to leave all fin, to fhake off all fin, to avoid all fin, and to weaken, andfubdue, and bring 8. Icor. 7. xI. 15-7TIA14. t. Concomitant of godly foamy.
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