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Why
mourners for
.fin
are
kieffeti.
fupplication that
was
promised to be
powre ..forth
in the
times
:of
the
Gofpel
:
The nrfl
Sermon that
we
heare'of
Chrifl
prea-
ching
it
is Repent
for
the
kiy.siLice
sf
Heat
-en
is
at
-hard,
and
hs
appoints
his
Diiciples
to
preach
in
that
-
manner,
Repent
for
the
k,
ggdoríe
of
Heaven
is
at
hand, Preaching mourning
for
fin
is an Lvangelicall,
preaching
:
a
freie
of the fpirit
of
grace that
is
pronif;,d
inthe
times of the Gofpel
and where
there
is
a
Congregation
upon whom
the Lord
powrs
tags
fpirit
of
grace,
to
looke up
to
Chi-ill whom
they
have
peirced
by
fn,
and
to
mourn
over him,
fuck
a
Congregation is.bleifed,for the
fruit
of
the Gofpel-is mightily upon
them.
Thirdly,Surely
they
are in
a
bleffed condition,for
it
appears
that
they,come
now
to
have
a
right judgement
:
their
;udge-
-mentis
inlightned
to
underfland
what
is
truly
good and
truly
evill,
and
to
have
a
right temper of fpi:ir:before
they went
on.
inblindneffe,
they
knew not
God,
nor
themfelves,
nor
tho:e
things that concern'd
their
eternall good,
but
now they come
to
underfland
whereingood
and evil[
doth
confifl.Before
their
hearts,everehardned,fothat
whatso:.ver was fpoken
ro
them
aid-
'nor-take with
their hearts,but
now
their
hearts are
in
a
gracious
fofcnefs,&
fo
in
a
right
temper, & therefore
they
are$ldied.
`Fourthly,
In the fourth place, This
mourning for
fin,
it
helps
agamli all
other
mourning
,
it
helps againll
other
forrows
Certainly
while
we
are here in
this
world
there
will
be
many
forrowes, we mull forrow for fomething, now
the
for
-
rowing for
fin
will
help
againfl
other forrovs,
tho'
'e
that
are
of
fecled
with
the
evill
of their fns,
will not
be much
affe6led
with
any
other evil,
it
will
eate
out the evil
of other
forrowes.
Fifthly, Further,
It
is a
meanes
to prevent eternall
for
-
rowes
:
Certainely
God
will have every' foule
to
know what
fin
meanes at
one
time
or
other
;
There
s
no
filmer
upon the
face of the earth
but
at fame time
or
ó.
her mull
come
to'un-
derfland what
fin
meanes.
You
muff have forrow for
fin,
that's
a
certaine rule,
as
it's determined
in Heaven that
all
men
mull
once dye,fo
it's determined
in
Heaven
that
all
men
mull
Once
farrow,
if
they mull repent they mull needs
forrow, now
how
much
better
is
it
to
farrow for fin while
it
may
be pardoned,
then