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119i

As the

woman

of Comas

raid, The d

¿ggs

have

crams

;

fo fay

thou,

I

am

but

a

dong, yet Lord

let

me

have

a

doggs

portion,

Ile

thankfully

accept

of

it

at thy

hands

:

O

be

thankfull for

the lealf

mercy,

and

it

is the ready

way

to

have

more

:

And

the

Lord

in

his

time

will give out more mercy

to-thee.

SERMON

VIII.

O

How

mourners

'holadcl

order

their

mourning.

MATH:

5..

leJéd

are

they

that

mourne,

for

they

(hall

be

Com-

forted.

S.

Hen thou

art

in

a

mourning

Condition

thy

felfe,

take

heed

of

envying

at

others that

are

not

in.fuch

a

fad

condition

as

thou

art

in

Though thou wantell

many

Comforts

that

.

thou

doell delire, yet

ble&God

that

others

have

them

;

That heart

is

in

a

very

good

tethper,

and

a

good

way

of

preparation

for

Comfort,

that

can

heartily biefle

God

for

the

comforts

that others

have. But this

is

ufuall, when

the

heart

is

diilempered

with

foam

,

if

fo

be

that they

are

in,

an

under Condition

and

of

iitlion,

they

are ready

envie

at

o hers that

are

more profperous

, but take heed of

filch a

di-

ftemper,

for

it

will

keepe

thee under

forrow

more, and make

it

more

bitter

to-hee.

Lal

}ly,

accordingto

thy

mourning

condition

let there

be

much praying,

be

lure

to

add much

prayer

to

much forrow,,

never give

way

to thy heart

to

much

forrovv

that

cannot

fland

with