Exceeding Sinfulnef?ofSin. 39i rejoyce. David's bones were broken through the troubleof his Spirit, that is the ftrengthofhis fpirit ( not bones litterally ) as bones are the ftrength of the body, fo the ftrength of his fpi- rit was overcome by the anguifh and trouble of his foul for fin Thus it was withDavid that was fuch a fanguine, fucha pleafant, and fuch avali- ant man, and fuch a wife man, and yet he felt this trouble of Spirit 5 trouble of Confcience for Sin. You think flight, and make a light mat- ter of it, Oh you have brave flout Spirits, you will (corn tobe fo afraid, What ! afraidofeve- ry thing theMinifler fpeaks, I fcorn to be fuch a fool 5 you think you beSermon proofand can hear all this dreadful evil of Sin, open( d with- out anie fearor trembling : Well,you that have fo flout fpirits,know Davids fpirit was asvaliant as yours, his heart was as valiant as a Lion, and yet the weightof fin brok his heart, and fo it will yours too if God lay it aright upon your Spirits ; Oh ! it is not timeroufnefs that caufeth this trouble of Confcience, for let God come andlay AffliCtions, his affliaing hand on them, theycanbear that as nothing in comparifonof fin. Iremember I haveheard a ftorie ofa Wo- man that had Nine Children and great pains with themall, and yet having afterward trou- bleof Confcience, Oh ! faith the, All thepains I have had withmyNineChildren,is nothing to that whichIhave felt ina littletime, in trouble. of Confcience. So certainly, all pains areno- thing, in comparifonofthe pains ofSpirit when Sin is fettled by ftrong conviftion uponyour Yy 2 Souls.
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