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14

Direllions

to

thole

that

are

mourners.

mourning

that

is

required

and ufed

to be

preached

by

the:

Saints

after the

aflurance

of the

pardon of

fin,

then before

it

;

I

fay

More, and

Ile

give

you

that notable example

of David.

You

find

that

when

David

had

fin'd,

and

the

Prophet came to

.

convince

him

of

his fin;

David

laid

he had finned,The

Prophet

in the

Hume

of

God

faith

to

him

;

he

Lord

bath

dyne

away_thy

fn,

but

now

a

long

time after,

when

Davad.made

5

i

PP!:

you

Shall

f

nde

he

fella

mourning

a

fresh, and

yet

his

fin was

forgi-

ven

before,

and he

knew

it

was

forgiven,

and

yet do but

oh-

ferve

the

5

i

Pral: what

the

title

is

that David

gives

to

the

Pfalm,7

o

the

chef

Mafitian,a

Pfalm of

David

when

Nathan

the.

Prophet cameu

;:to

him

after

he had-gone

into

Bathfheba

: So

that

Nathan

had

come

him

before he makes this Pfalme

:.

and

Nathan

whehe

came

to

nim,l

e

told

him

his fin

was

forgiven,

.

and

yet

he

makes this

l'

falme,

and

laments

his

fin

in

bicternefs,

and cryes

ro

God

to reffore the joy of

his

falvation,

that

the.

bones

that

he had broken

might

rejoyce,

his

very

bones were

broken

no:wikhflanding he had

that

meflage from

God

that

his

fin was

forgiven :

if

the

Lord

fhould

fend

a

meffenger

from.

heaven to tell

any

one of

you,

man,wonaan, all

the

fins

that ever

thou

haft

committed

in all

:thy

life

are freely forgiven,

what

wocldeff.thou donow

?

Truly

thou

haft

much

caufe upon

this,

this evening

to

get

into thy elofet

and

to

lament thy

fin;

and

this

night if

it

were po'lìble to water

the

Couch with thy

tears,

as

David

faith, he

made'it

fwim, therefOre

the

Affurance

of

the

pardon

of our

finis

no

hindrance

to

mourning

for

fin

;

onely

it

n

akes

our mourning more fweet

and evangelical

then

it

was

before

:

and

therefore for

thy

helpe-

that

thou mayeíf

get

thy

2

ch. 12.

t0.

heart

thus

to

mourn;

took

up

for

the fyirit ofmourning,Zech:

12. latter

end,

Ile

poure

the

jju

ritofgrace

and

Pipplicat:on,

and

they

(hall

look

upon me whomthey

have

pierced,

and

the

y:

-1hall

Mourne

for

him

aT

one

mourneth for his

onely

fon, and:

fhall

be in

bitterneffé

for-

h

%m,

as

one is

in bitterneffe

.for-

his

firft

borne.

Mark,

God

bath

not

onely promifed

comfort

to

the

mourners,

but

he

hath

promìfed mourning

to

the

finners

to,

why

thou

art

'not

excluded, the

promife

is

inFnite

;

Ile

pure

out

the

Spir'tof

grace and

fupplication

and iheyfhall

meterne,

Why

Lord

God, I

have