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Dire5lions

to thofe

that

are

mourners.

147

Peter

When

he

had committed that great

fin;

and

Chrifl

did

Tooke

upon him;

you know

the

text faith,He

went out

and

wept

bitterly

,

But

I

rind in one

of the Gofpels,

it's

faid

more theiì

he

wenrout,(though

that

would.ferve

our

turne

that

he

would

not

flay among

the

company,but when he would

fal

a

mourning

he gets

alone;)

but I

find

in Mark!

Gofppel,

Chap:

11..

v.

7

z.

it's

Paid,

and when he thought

.thereon

he

wept. Now the word

that

is

trantlared,

He

thought

therean,thof that

underf

}and

the

ep.Rxwo.

Original

know

it

is a

word

that

liignifies any

kind

of violence

that

a

man

ufes upon

himfelfe,

and

fo

by

force

tranllated,

the

eafting

out

himfelfe, a

ufeing

a

violence upon himfelfe in calling

himfelfe out from the company,

he

had enough,of

them: O do

thou fo, when

thou feelefl the Spirit of

God

begin

to

fir

and

work

in

thy

heart,

even call

out,

thy ,felfe

as

it

Were

from

com-

pany; and labour

to

work upon

thy tnoughts thofe

things

that

may effe& thy

heart

further.

Secondl

,

Prefent

God to thy'

foule

to

the úttermofl that

thou

art

able

:

Confider that thou hail

to

deale with

an

in:`,nite

God

in all

thy wayes,

prefent

God

and

Chrif

to

thy foule

:

You

will fay,

I

dare not

:

--

I

but be

not afraid

of

this,

you

mull

one day

fee

the Lord

in his

glory, and

therefore

prefent

the Lord

to

thy

foule now in

his

glory.

Thirdly;

And then

do not

fatisfie

your hearts

in

any

duty

till

you

find your

hearts beginning to break, do thou

call

thy

felfe to

account,

I

am

'now

praying

to

God,

and

I

can

pray,

Forgive

as

our trefpaffes as

we

forgive

theno:.

But. now

do

I

hndd

my

heart

mourning for

them,

I

[peak

of

my fins,.

do.I

acknow-

ledge

them intthe bitterneffe

and

trouble of

my foule

>

&this

were

an

excellent frame not to leave

of

ill

thou £indef thy

heart

fomewhat

to

fir

:

I

but

you

will

fay,.

O but

I.

cannot

get

my

heart to flit, God

knowes

I

would

give

a

great deale

if

every time I went into

he

pretence

of

God

I

could

get

my

heart

to

lament

and

mourn for my

fin,

Olbut I

cannot:

It

s

well

that

thou

fayef that

thou

would'f

do it,whereas

you

have

fo;ne

that

think

if

once they be

beleevers,

why

th n ould

they

mourne

;

Now

for

the

convincing

of this

vain-

o

;inioil,

know

but

thus

Much

;

That the truth

is,

There

is

rather more

V

2

moerni