104. The Evil of Evils, or the grieved: Oh I was grieved and pained at my heart; yea, thus it will be with thee ifthou Jo- yeti God. When thou in the Familie, may be thou art aChild, when thou beholdefl thy Fa- ther or Mother Carnal, and fpending all their liveswithout theknowledgofGod,and inwaies offinningagainft God, thou thouldefi get alone, andmourn and lament for it : Oh it is that, if any thing in the world, that would break a Pa- rents heart, ifthere bea yong Child, a You h,or a Maid, that Godbegins to reveal himfelf unto them, and the Parent fpeaks, may be againfl them, andGods people, and fwear, or profane Gods Day, or (peak againft his Ordinances, though it may be it do not become thee to fpeak to them; but ifthou canal before them, let tears drop from thine eyes ; or get alone, and fall down and lament before God, if thou cants by lamenting reprove their fins ; thatthey thall fee thee lament for them, this may break their hearts it may be : notwithftanding ifit do not break their hearts, it hath this in it; Cer- tainly, ifany thing in the world will für us and break our ownhearts, this thould be it, To fee God difhonored in the world as he is, though our hearts be never fo much hardened other- wife. There is aStorieof a Child ofCrefrrn that was born dumb, he feeing a Soldier readie to firike at his Father and kill him, the affe&ion to his Father brake the bars of his Tongue, andhecriedout, oh why trill pit kill the King? Then he cried out thus though he neverfpake before; but the firoke against hisFather made him
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