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Rules
in
frcÏZing
after
Comfort:.
it;
It
comes
intorhe
heart
,,
to
work
upon
th
heart
:
many
that
are mourners
they
fut-ter
their
hearts
to
finke.downe,,
ontly to Confider
of
the
blacknetfe
of their foules, but
look;
nor up
to
the gracioufnetle
of the
promife
:.
we have
a
molt
excellent Scripture
for
that
in
the 36
Pfal.,
4.
5,
Reoyce the
joule
of thy
fervant,
faith
David
:
It
feemes
David
was
ire
a
mournful! flare, now mark what he
faith.
,
Re,oycc
the
foule
.o
f
thy
fervant,
for unto
thee O
Lord,
doe
Lai
ft
up my foule
;
that's
the
way
for
Joy
Thou prayed. unto
-the
Lord
,
O
that
thou
would'lt
re}oyce
my,
foule,
and
yet thou letter+ thy
foule
fall
groveling upon
the
ground
;
But
re;oyce
the
mule
of thy
fer-
vant,
for O
Lord,
to
thee
doe
I
lift
up
my foule
;
This Scripture
is
of exceeding
ufe
to
mourners
,,
for
there
is
no hing
that
,
mourners for
fin
are
more
faulty
in,then
when
they defire Joy
to their
hearts
,
yet they
fuller
their
hearts to lie
groveling:
below, they doe not
f
irre up themfelves,
and
flrive
to
lift
up
their
foules
;
For
unto thee
doe
I
lift
up my foule,
faith
David
:
And
in
the
5
v,
For
thou
Lord
art
good,
and
ready,
to
forgive,
and
plenteous in mercy,
to
all them
that
call
upon
thee
:
The Lord
is
ready,
if
thou
unit
but
lift
up
thy foule,
and be
ready
Therefore
take
heed that the
ánguiih
and
trouble of thy
foule
doth not
hinder thee
from looking upon
the promife,
from
liflening
unto
the
promife that
is
made unto
thee.
We
find in
the
6 of
Exod.'
9
v.
That
when
Mofes fpake
to
the children
of
Ifrael,
the text
faith,
They
hearkened not
to Mofes
;
Why
?
what
did
Mofes
come for,
he came
to
bring
a
=Wage to
them
for
their
comfort, but
they
heark'ned not
to
him
;
why, For
¿ngui
fh-
of
fJ'irit,
and
for cruell
bandage.
The
angui
h
of
their
fpirits, and
the
cruell
bondage
was faith as
made them not
to
hearken
to
Mofs
;
take
heed
that this
be not
thy Condition
thou that
art
a
mourner
for
fin,
that when
the
time
fhall come
that
I
fhould
apply
the
promife
unto
thee,
that
for anguifh of
fpirir,
and for cruell bondage thou doefl
not
hearken-
towhat
îs faid
to thee
;
It
is
not good
for
a
man
that
is
going over
a
narrow
bridge,
and-under
which
there
is
a
great tlreame,
and
a deep
river,
for him,' efpecially being
weak in his
head,
to
be
lbol
ng.upon
the,
river
,,
and..
Conlderin;_ of
the depth of
it,