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Exhortation.

to

mourners

for fin.

k

was

a

burdento

his foule

as an

oppre(lion

is a

burden

to

a

man

:

he accounted

himfelfe wronged by

the

fins

of

others,and

he went under

it

as

a

great

oi)pret

ing

burden: That's themea-

ning

of the

word:Ifind

the

fame

word in

the

7

A

bs

24..where

it's

fpoken

of

Mores

that helped

the

man

that

was

of

preft.

The

word

that

is

there

him

that

was oppreffed

is

xs

"

'ouOj

.

it's

the fame

that

is

here,

for

Lots

foule

was

vexed, and I

fiinde

fonietimes

the

word

fignihies

to

be

we4ned

by fzcl

nefe,

in

other Authors

:So

it's

faid

of Lot, righteous

L,t,the

wicked-

neffe

that

he

faw'others, did

fo

trouble

his

righteous foule,

as

.

it

was

as

grievous

to

him

as

a

fickneffe is

to you:that's the mea-

ning of

the

firft

word

in

the 7

v:

Then

the

fecund word

that

is

in

the

8

V:

there 'tis vext

aggin,but the word

is

in

the

erigi-

ii2,í;4v.

nal,

he

did

cruciate,

It

is

a

word

that

is ufed

to

fignifie

the

tor-

menting

of

a

man

upon

a

rack:

as

if

the

Holy

Ghoft

fhould

fay,

the

wickedneffe

of

thofe he

lived

among,

did put that

gracious

foule

of

his

upon

the

rack

;

he

was as

a

man

upon

the

racke

with the

fins

of

thofe among

whom he

lived,.

and you

that

are

wicked

and ungodly,

you muff

not

think

that

you

(hail

onely

fulfer for

your ovine

fins, you

(hail

fuWer

for the

griefthat

you

put

the

Godly.to:

you muff

not

think

that your

tins

concerne

not

them

at

all,

O

yes

:

You doe

wrong

them

by

the

fins

you

commit,

why

if

yoù

should

fee

a

man

ftrike your father

in

the

Streete,

and you

fhould come to him

and aske

him

why

he

did

it,

and

he

thould

anfwer, what's

that

to

you,

I

did not

ftrike

you,

but

you

ftrike my

father,

fo

when

you

-fin

you

ftrike their

£ather,you difhonour

their god,

and this

is

a

Calcining

unto

them.

The

reafons

therefore

why we

mull

mourne for

the

fins

of

others

'as

well

as

our

own,that's

the

firft, becaufe

the

bleffed

God

fo

much

dishonoured,

O

how mutt

it

needs goe to

the

heart of

a

godly man

to

fee

that

Cod

whom

his

foule

loves,that

God

who is

fo

inF,nitelybleired

and

glorious,

fo

in9nitely wer-

thy

of

all

honour from all

creatures to

be

fo

dishonoured

by

bale

wretched wormes.There

is

a

report ofCr,fits

fon

that

was

dumb

tall

his dayes

untill he

faw

a

Souldier ftriking

at

his

father

to

kill him,

and

then the

affection

that

he bore

to

his

father

did