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--
Comforts
for true
mourners.
world, thy tearer
are
more fweete
and
pleafng to God then
themirth
of wicked men
can
be to
them
;
it's
better
to
be
in
thy condition then
in
other mens, thy
retires
are precious unto
God,
if
they/come from
a
principle of
Godly
forrow,
there
is
no:king
more
precious unto
him next
unto
the
blood
of
Jefus
Chriít
,
if
they
come from
a
right
principle
of
Godly
forrow.
Secondly, Confider this for thy
Comfort,
It
may
be
if
thou
hadft not
been
a
mourning thou
wouldíl
have
been
a
fining,thou
wouldeílhave
been
a
doing
that
Whereby
thou
wouldíl have
darkned the glory
of God
:
now which is
the
bell
of
theft,
?
judge
you;
The curie
of all
thyaffliclions
is
now taken away,
that
which
is
-the
bitternefs of forrow
it
is
taken
away
from
thee
by
Jefus Chrifl,
and
thy
mourning
is
rather
upon
millake
then
otherwife,
eft
haft
a
right
to
comfort
though thou
doeft.
not
fee
it,
and thou
mourneíf
thou
doll not
apprehend
thy right
to
it,
for
what
is
there
?
or what can
there
be
to
di
courage
theeor to keep thee
off from comfort,feeing
the
curie
of
every
afliicaion, and
the evil
of
tin
is
done
away.
Thirdly, Confider
that
all
thy
forrowes
are meafured
out
by
God
who
is
thy
Father;
thou
doll not
lye at
the
difpofe
of
wicked
men
tomourne
how.
much
they will,or whenthey4vill,
but
thou
art
at
the dif:ofe
of
God
who
is
thy
Father
;
Now
do
you
think
that
you
who are
Parents
ifit
were
in your power
to
deliver
your
children from
any
thing
that did tend to
hurt.
them
would
you
not do
it
if it
were for your childrens
good,
now you are at
Gods ci.po e,
and you
11-1211
not forrow nor
weep
one
teare more then
your
Father
fees
is
for your good:
God
he
takes
notice of
all
thy forrowes, he
bottles
up
all
thy
teares,
and himfelfe
is
afflicted
in all
thy
al
fictions,
Ifa.
ç
3.9.
In all
their apt-lions
he was
ff
f
Tied
:
t
of
is
fen
Ile
of
all
our
miferies though other men fhould
twat
mincie
them,
as
it
is
too
too
often teen
when
any
of
the
Saints are
under the clouds,rhar
they
are in
an Milk-led
condition,
though
they were in
favour:
before, they are frown'd
upon
then,-but
now
Cod
he
dorh
not do
fo,
thou
canft
not be
fo
fenfible
but
God
is
more,
God
is
more
fenfible
of thy
fuff:;rings
and
to
es care
of
thee..
Frthlyi,
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