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Rea».ns why we

vault mourne

for

the

fins

of

others,

153

did

break

the

barrs of

his

ípeech,and

he cryes our,

why

do

you

kill,

Cra

fat

?

fo

when we fee

God,

that

blei

ed

od io dii; to

-

noured

whom our

-fouls

do

io

love,it

muff

of

nece f

iry

pierce

our

hearts.

And

then,

Secondly, Our love

to others

should

cauce

griefe,

why

?

when we fee others

fin

againft

God,

we

fee

them doe

miichiefe

to

themfelves

:

Doth

it

not grieve

you

when

you

fee

men

wound and

deftroy tl.emfelves, when

you

hear-

of

mens

houfes on

fire,

and

of

the

grievous pains

they

are in

?

why

you mourn for

it,

and

it

would make

(you fay)the hardeft

heart

in

the world

to melt,

you can

never

fee

a

man

fo

milerable

by

any

thing

as

he is

by fin, fin

makes him

the moa

miferable

creature

in

the

world, and therefore

if

you

have

any

love

to

your

brother

mourne for

his fin.

And

then Thirdly,

Becaufe

the

fins

of others

doth

bring

á

great

deal

of

evil

to the world what's

the

caufe

of

the

evils

that

are

in

the world, but the

fins-that are

committed

in

the

world

?

and

while thou

dóeft

live in

the

world

thou

cantt not

but

partake 'of the miferies

that

do

come by

fin,

;in

the

9

of

,Eccles.

laft,

One fanner

defiroyes

much

good,

what

doth

many

fanners

then

?

As

the

vapors they afcend infenfibly

up,but they

come down

fenfibly, fo'

the

fins

of

the world they

may

afcend

up,

and men

not regard

them, but they

will come

down:;

in

grievous ftórmes

an

i

tempefts.

And then Fourthly,

There's

caufe

of

mourning for

the

fins

of

others becaufe thou

canft

never fee

any man

commit

any

fin,

but

thou haft

caufe

to

confider

that the

roote

of

that

fin is

in

thy heart.

It

is

reported

of

Brad;

ord

that he never

faw

a

man

commit atin,

never heard

a

man

fweare

an

oath

(or the like)

but

he would

ufe

to

`ay,

qod

he

mercitiall

to

me

a inner

:

";god

be mercifull

tome

:

thar

is,

he

faw

i

-he

root of that

fin in

his

heart';

It's

true,

the

Lo.-

1

bath -°;t,

a

+!med

thee

f

otm

fuch

croffe

fins

but thou

haft

tit,

roJre

oíthem

in

thy

heart;

and

therefore

thou

haft caufe

to

mourne when thou

feeít

la

in

others. And

bÍelfed

are

they

that do

thus mourne.

re-For-lira, This

argues

fncerity,this

argues much

of

the

Spi-

rit ofGod,

it

doth not

argue

fo

much

-

fincetity

to

mourne

for

X

our