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Mourn
fer
the fcandals
that
are
;among
us.
Sixthly
,
O
mourne we for this,
that there
is fo
much
un-
thankfulnefle among
ús;
that
is,
becaufe we have
not
every
thing
as
we
Would
haw,
therefore
we are ready
to
fay,
there's
nothing done
:
ô
it's
a
vild
fpeech
that
comes from any
mouth
to
fay,
what bath
God
done for
us,
the
L,ord hash
done
that
for
this kingdome that's
more
worth
then thy
life,,
or the
lives
of
ten
thouiand
more
then
thou
art,
and
therefore
'to, fay
there's
nothing
done becaufe
all is
not
done
that
thou
would'ft
have
done, it's
a
moll wretched
unthankfulneile, and
you fhould
blee
o
in the
confideratiòn
of
it.
And then
feventhly, Mourne we,
for
the
fcandals
that
are
among us, the
many
humbling
blocks .that
lie
in
the
way,
the
evills
of
men that
are profeflors
of
Religion;
How
do they call
fluniblingblocks
in
the
wages
of
fuch
as
are
coming
on
?
and
make the
wayes
ofGodlinefie
to
be
abhorr'd
becaufe
of
their
wicked lives.
And
then
Lafly,
Mourne
we, that good men
when they are
put
upon the
tryall do
fo
much
milcarry
,
this
is
a
fore evil that
we may fee
under the
Sun
at
this
time.There
was
never
a
time
in
any
kingdome wherein
fo
many
Godly
men had
fo much
power
in
their
hands,eirhet in,place ofMagiflracy
or
Miniliry,
but yet,
ô
the
mifcarriages
of them
;
How
doe
many
of
them
go
by
the
fame
principle that others went before
?
but
in
ano-
cher
way
;
and we
cometo
fee
plainly the truth
of
that
fpeech,
put
men
into
place, into
power,that
they
may have power
over
others,
and we fee
what
ftrange
fpirits they
have, even
fuch
ás
we thought
were broken
hearted,
and
did heretofore
mourne
for the
fins
of
other
men
that were
in
place,
and
together
with
their
brethren,
were falling,andpraying,
and crying
to
Heaven
againft
the
evills
of
thole
that were in
place
but
a
few
yeares
agoe, now they
come
to
hope
to
enjoy
the
fame
power,we
find
that
they goe
apace
towards the
fame
way
that
others
were
in:
ô
my
Brethren
I
fpeak
thefe things
out
of
confcience,as
a
duty
that
we owe
to God to
lay
them
to heart,
and
to
bewaile
them
in
the
bitterre
of
our foules
:
I_do
not fpeake this
to
upbraid
any,
for
there
is
upb
:aiding
enough
abroad, but that
we
fbould
mourne for
them, God
forbid that
we
ihóuld
fpeak in way
of
reproach
;