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tarn

one

L9

fald

to

iLYíC

in aslJlcloZlJ

way.

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world:

yea

w

ho take

to heart

the

afflictions

of the

Church,

mounting

nor onely for

their

own

afi:ictions,

but

for

the

of

fictions

of the Church, bleifed

are

there that mourne.

And

then

all

thofe

that

mourne

in

a

Gracious

way.

You

will

fly

,

when

doth

one mourne in

a

Gracious

way

and

manner.

Firfl,

When

any evil!

is

upon one

,

the heart

dorh freely

yeild it

fel£e tip

to

God,

to

honour

God

in Inch

a

Condition,

as

God

bath

put

it

into, not to doe it

by

force, but freely.

And

then fecondly,

Thofe whole mourning bath

die exer-

cife

of Grace,

in

order to

regulate their mourning

;

when

the

mournings

of

men and women are under

the

Command of

Grace, of Faith, ofLove,

and

of Hope, not

mourning

as

thofe

Without.

hope

;

when

Grace

can Command

mourning,

and can

fay

to thole

waves

of

forrow

,

Hitherto

shall ye

goe,

and no

further.

Thirdly, When

in

mourning

the heart

mournes

after

God

;

There's

filch

a

Comfort that

is

taken

away

from-nie,

eyther

iu

way.

of

teflimony

to Gods truth

,

or in

way

of

providential)

afhicling

ofme;

but the thing that I

mourne

for,

it

is

not

fo

much becaufe

the.Comfort

is

gon, but becaufe

I

am

depriv'd

of

fome

good that

might helpe

me forward towards

God,

tivhe...reit1.I,might

be

fon

e..w;iy

furthered

-in

the

way

of

God

:

Aid

fó:the faule.mournes

after

God,

.in

the

mourning for

any

afiAiEfion

that

.is

upon

it.

Fourthly ,

When

thofe that mourne

have

great

care

to

doe

the worke of their

mourning

condition

;

that's

a

fpeciall

thing

to

bë Confidered

c

f

in

the

bleffedneffe

of

mourning.

C

qie

that

moürnes

fo

-as

he hath

care

to

doe the

worke of

that

mourning

Condition

;

To Confider,

God

hath put

me

into

this mourn-

ing

Condition,

and what

is

the duty that God requires of me

in

this mourningCondition

in which

God

bath

fet

me: Men

and

women.

ordinarily

are follicitous about

their

affli

ions,

aiRd

their

thoughts

are

altogether poreing

u;:

on

their

afllioli-

ons.

Fut_nowa

Gracious

mourning

caufes

the

foule

to be

fol-

licitous

aboutthe

work

;

What's

the:work

of

this Condition

that

God

hath

put

me

now

too ;

It

is

not

a

fallen mourning,

but