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Direthogs

te the

fe

that

are

mourners.

i4g;

have

a

hard

heart,yet if

thou

wile

power

that

fpirit

of thine up-

on

me, I

thall

mourn~,

therefore

look

up

to God

and

(lead

the

promife

:

--

And

then that

otherpronàfe,

Ile

take

away

the

heart

ofgone-and

give

them

a heart

o

f

flefh, why

Lord

this

pro=

mile

of

thine

is

not

to

fuch and

fuch, upon

fuch and fuck cond

i,-

tions,

but

a

free

and abfolute

prómife.

And then,

Ft's

a

good

Way

to converfe with

mourners, to

into the

çompany

of

fuch

as

are

broken hearted

Chri(itan3

tt

will

make

a

man

think thus,

why

Lord

God,

fuch a

one

that'

walks to in offenfively,

fo

gracioufly,

yet

what

a

broken

heart

bath

fuch

a

one

:

I

have

a

wretched heart

and

yet I

cannot

find

.

my heart break, thus

the

very fociety

of poore broken hearts.

will be.a

mighty

herpe

to

thee..

And then Fourthly,

If

you cannot

mourne, then mourn

that

you cannot mourne;

O

this will

be acceptable

unto

-God

:

You

will

fay,

I

cannot

have

command over my

heart

to

mourne for

fin as

I

delire, I

but

calif

not thou

goe

toGod

and make

thy

.

moane and complaine of this

as

the grearefl evil that

is

upon.

thee

:

Lord

I

account

this dull

hard heart of

mine

as a

molt

fearefull.evil( upon met

And

thenFifthly,. Do not

give

way

to

your felves

to

take

any joy

or comfort

in

any

thing in

this

world till

you,

get

your

hearts broken

for

your

fin:

will

not

my

heart yeeld

in

way

of

mourning for

fin,

it

(hall

riot

rejoyce then;

I

wiii.not

let it out

to

any

vaine

mirth

and'

joy

Untill I

can

a

to

break; and

al-

though

heretofore

I

tooke

content

in

fuch

and

fuch

company,.

and in the

de

of the creature:

Its

true, it

is

lafüll

for

a

man:

to

take comfort,

but

is

it

convenient for

fuck

a

man

as

I

that-

can

never

mourne for

my

fin

:

Nay

Ile

charge this

upon

my,

heart,.firfl to

labour

to

atTe&ed

for

fin

and

to

mourne

for

fin, and

"then I

hope

I`

(hall rake

morecomfort both

in

God

and

creatures. then heretofore.

And then

Laftly,

(Y

rake

heed of

finning

after

mourning

thou that wouldeft

have

filch

a

mourning

heart

as

is

here fpo-

.ken

of

in this my

text,

for thy fin.Take

heed that

if

ever

Cod

begins

to

break thy

heart

and helpe

thee to

mourne,

that

thorn,

do not

fin

wilfully

after

=tuning. If

God

begins

to

wound.

thy;