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124

*hat

true

mourning

for

fin

it

is.

a free

mourning,

fuch

as

mourne

defperately, they

are for-

ced to

it

whether

they will,or

no,Ì,ut when

the heart

can apply

it

felfe

to the word

freely,

acrd

canblefle

God

that God

did

ever

open

the eyes of

it

to

underfland the evill of

in,and

that-

ever the Lord did

aptly

thofe

truths

to it

that

hath

made

fin

to

be bi:rden

ome,

here's

a

graciousmourning,

many

men

are

trot

:bled for fin in

:tight of

their

h

a

ts,

and

they riggle

and

keep

a

tìirre,

and doe

What

they

can

to get

the truths

of

(;od

out

of their hearts,

'and

therefore they

got

in -o

carnali compa-

ny,

and

fall

laying or

drinking

that

fo

thereby they

May-

get-

truths

out

of

heir

hearts

:but

now

a

gracious man or woman,.

when

any

truth

comes

into

it's

heart

that

troubles it for

the

fin'

it huh

been guilty

of,it

goes

alone

and

blef

eth God

for this

truth,

blefled

be the time that the

Lord bath dìfcovered the

evill

of-fir

to

my foule, and

the Lord fet

home

theíe

truths up-

on my foule

more

and More,

he

accounts

it

to

be

a

great mer-

cy, that

'S

the

Sixth,

Then

Seven'hly,

and

taffy,

A gracious mourner

for

finne

can

be fatis6ed

with nothing elfe

but

in

the ren

oving

of

the

guilt

and'

tncleannefle

of

fin:

Another that

mournes for

fin;

but

in

a

naturall

way,

or

forced

way,

if

fo

be

that God

would

but

give unto-him

any

peace;

or

take

away

the

anguish

that,is

in

his

confcience,

take

away

the

fearesthat

are

uponhim, that

will fatisfie him; but now

a

gracious mourner for

finis

inch a

one

as

can be fatisfied

with-.

nothing elfe

but the blood

of

Chrill.cleanfing

it

from the guilt of

finiand

the

Spirit of

fin,

and

the

Spirit

of refus Chrill

coming

into

fane,tifie

the foule,

and

this

is

that that will

comfört

the

heart

only:

-

-And

thus'

briefly I

have

fhown

You

what a-gracious mourning

is

:

If

I

would handle

this

point

at large

;th:.fe

(even things might very

well

have

taken

up our

time,but

I

only

give

you

a

hint

of

them:.

Nov

then

fuch

as

mournediu

for

-fin

arebleifed': For

Firt+, By

this

they

domr

ch

honour

God,

the

foveraignty

Of

God

is

honoured, and the

horn:4e

of God

is

honoured,and

the

1uflice

of God

is

honoured,

When

as

a

coore

Creature

that

bath offended

the

foveraigne

-holy, and

righteous Gorl conies

to:be

af}1ieted

for

thatlm

that

it

bath. Committed

God

looks

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