S e C T. IX. of Csnverfen, orTurning unto Gad. 485 bad been de$owred, and thrust out of doors ; the teareth her garments, puts Sackclothon her head, wrings her hands, goes wailing ; And I, whither; shall Igot ? So finne and the Devil have ravifhed and conftuprated thy foul, which fhould have been left pure to God. Oh cry out, and make bitter lamentations , for thou art undone for ever, unleffe the graceof God interpole. Let your joy be turned to heavineffe, wa74H r, that is, Inch an heavineffe andgrief as may be Peen in a mans very looks; That all may fay, What ailed thou ? What treubleth thee ? Thus asthey abounded inearned pleafures, and finfull delights ; fo now all mull be turned contrary ; and as this is commanded, fo our Saviour makesthofe bleff::d thatMade its Bleffedare they that mourn, Matth.5.4. viz.,for their ownlinne, and thefrnneofothers; for they (hall be comforted : yea he denounceth a woe to thofe that laughand are metric, that never rend their hearts, or wound their fouls for the fins theyhavecommitted. Oh then bleffe God, and count it anhappy time, when God thall turn thy barren heart which was like a wíldernels, in- fhtorunning ftreams for Gnne. This is fo neceflary, that its a grace particularly promifed under the Gotpel,Zach. az. They fball mourn, ae onemourneth for hie only begotten Seine. See there is the fpirit of prayer and mourning prornifed under the Gofpel, and that forfins againll Chrift, as cordially, affectionately, and a grie- ved manner, as a mother cryeth for her onely Son. Youhave examples alfo for this in thenew Tedament. Did not Mary Magdalenmake herhead a fountainof tears,that could weep(uch (howrs as (taedid ? Which made Chryfoingsu fay, Ter- ra rigat ('alum. Could the have cryed more heartilyfor the lode of her onely child, than the didfor her fins? And thus Peter, after his relapfe, upon his recove- ay,isit notfaid, He teemont,andwept bitterly. Match.a6. 7y. So that you fee ica- bundantlie proved, thatour turning to God, ought tobe with mourning and wee- ping but yet thepoint fo generally delivered is fubjeet to mitconftrudions ; and therefore takenoticeoftheftparticulars. Firft , That theft Waters of tears may arife from a fear-fold Spring or Foita- p Min : As, Tears mar a- Fird, ThereareNational? tears ; Suchwhich come naturally from thetomplexi- rife from 'n on, orpeculiar difpofitionof the bodie at that time. Pbilolophers fay, That onely four- fold man of all creatures clothproperly weep ; and they difputemuchabout the effici- fp"ing. tut caufe, and nature of teams. Gregory Mien, one of the Ancients, that had tura".. much learning in natural'Philofophic, makes the caufeof tears, tobe the vapours that doe upon theapprehenfonof any evil', quickly arife by content from the com- motion and flirting of thebowels, which afcending to the brain, by the coldneffe thereof are prefently heavedand congealed into water; asclouds are by the coldnes of themiddle Region: Yet latter Philofophers reject this : but my parpofe is to (peakof weepingand tears, not as a Philofopher, but as a Hivine. This is certain, there are naturaltears, which arife from a tender complexion,whereby children and women ate more ready to weep then men, and tome men more then others e yea Arifotle obferveth, fame Drunkards are very prone to weep while they a- bound with liquor ; we call them, Magdalen Drunkards, that while they are full of Beer, and likebeads, will theta crie and weep, and complainof their fins : but theft tears being nothing but theexcrementitious humour of vapours within, they are not at all to be regarded. Some Godlie men have complained, that they cannot weep, not flied tears for their Ganes. They can for other things¿ Temporal' evils, that afid fente, but not for thane. To this I (hall Anfwer anon. Secondly, Thereare worldly tears, andcarnal weeping; and that is when we weep for the lode of any temporal mercy, or the evill] of any mifery come upon us : fuch tears aredaily to be teen among us, who live in the world , that is nothing but a Valley of tears; ThisClaril'e forbade, when hetaid, Weep not for me, busfor year fives, Luke 23. 28. And this might beevery day publilhed aloud, Weep not for the lo(feof Inch mercies,Weep not becaufe of fuch miferies, but becaufe of fin
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