248 Compare there Scriptures toge- ther, Pfal, .17. & $7. 11 , job 16. to. Pia'. »9,236. je j()rr.9 ,311 . 4. Box of precious Ointment : Or, -------- fpirit of mourning. Penitential confefcions are commonly attended with grief in the heart, and with fhame in the face, fal. 3 R.. a R. Far I gill declare mine iniquity, I gill be lorry for my fin. He tell you not only that he will declare his iniquity, but he tells you alto, that he will be forry for his fin. The fame fpirit you may find working in fa b -or. it 4 1 2. 4. yea, he had po ver over the Angel and prevailed, he wept and made fupplication ,unto him. The people of God in the day of their confefsion, do not only fay we have finned, but they alio dray water and pour it out before the Lord in token ot contrition, Sam. 7. 6. Every fri is as a fword in a peni- tent mans bofom, and therefore tvhilil confefsions are in his mouth, you Chaff aufily find, either tears in his eyes, or forrow in his heart. And indeed, true.confefsion of fin is -many times rather a voice of mourning,than a voice of words; fometimes a penitent man's eyes will in force fort tell what his tongue Carlin no fort utter ; many times the penitent is better at weeping than he is at fpeaking, Pfi.d. 39, 12. Had not thy -peace at my tears. Tears have a voice ( as well as bloud filth) and are very prevalent Orators with God, Tfal. 6. 8, The Lord bath heard the voice of my weeping. Penitent tears are undeniable Ambaffadors, and they never return ffrom the throne of grace without an anfwer of grace. Tears are a kind of filent prayers, which though they fay nothing, yet they obtain pardon, they prevail for mercy, and they carry the day with God, as you may fee in that great and clear inflance of Peter ; he faid nothing, he confeft nothing that we read of, but went out and wept bitterly, and obtained mercy. Ti hat prefcription that God gave to the Leper in the Law, is worthy of your moll fermis, confideration ; 'tis in that, Levit.13. 4 5. end the Leper in whom the p'atipie is, his :loath: fhall le rent, and his head 1),,re) and he /hall put a coveting 1 - upon his upper lip, ayid Ihill cry, unclean, unclean, in thefe ,1701 ds the Leper 'lands charged with four things ; I. To go in rent or torn garments, to note that there mull be bro- kennefs and forrow of heart joyned with confefsion of fin. -2. To go bare-headed, and that partly that men might not miftake him-, but mainly to Phew his humility under his pre- feet
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