Comforts for true mourners. r 109 world, thy teares are more fweere and pleating to God then' themirth of wicked men can be to them ; it's better to be in thy condition then in othermens, thy teares are precious unto God, if they come from a principle of Godly furrow, there is no_Iting more precious unto him next unto the blood of Jefus Chrift, if they come from a right principle of Godly forrow. Secondly, Confider this for thy Comfort, It may be if thou hadft not been a mourning thou wouldff have been a fining ,thou wouldefl have been a doing that whereby thou wouldit have darkned the glory of God : now which is the bell of there ? judge you; The curie of all thyalliklions is now taken away, that which is'the bicternefs of forrow it í, taken away from thee by Jefus Chrifl, and thy mourning is rather upon miftake then otherwife, tl1i hall a right to comfort though thou doefl not fee it, and thou mourneftbecaufe thou doff not apprehend thy right CO it, for what is there ? or what can there be to courage thee or to keep thee off from comfort,Ceeing the curie of every aHÜcaion, and the evil of fin is done away. Thirdly, Confider that all thy forrowes are meafured our by God who is thy Father; thou dolt not lye at the difpofe of wicked men to mourne how much they will,or when theyvill, but thou art at the <if-ofe ofGod who, is thy Father ; Now do you think that you who are Parents if is were in your power to deliver your children from any thing that did t nd to hurt them would you not do it if it were for your childrens good, now you are at Gods di(pore, and you fi,all not . forrow nor weep one teare more then your Father fees is for your good: God he takes notice of all thy;forrowes, he bottles up all thy teares, and himfelfe is afflieled in all thy afr;ictions, Ifa. S 3.9. In all their of lù`lions he was BfIFEted : God is leis ble of all our miferies though other men fhould mot minde them, as it is too too often Peen when any of the Saints are under the cloud s,thar they are in an of li&ed condition, though they were in favour: before, they are frown'd upon then, but now God he dorli not do fo, thou canfl not be fo fenfible but God is more, God is more fenfible of thy fufferings and takes care of thee, Fourthly,..
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