322 what true mourning for. fin is.. be repeats it again, thee, thee only have I finned,as if he fhould ". fay, O Lord, as for any evill fruits that may come of my fin, I. ft-and not fo Much upon that,but this goes moft to my heart that I have finned againitfuch,a bleffed God as thou art, I have . gone croife to that bleffed will of thine in that which I have done : this is Godly forrow,. not fo much to mourn, becaufe that finis againft thy felfe, as becaufe iris againft the bleffed- God whom thy foule doth love. Secondly,. The fight mourning for fin; it is to tnournefor fin as the greateft evil ; O wre. ched man that I am, who fhall deliver me from this body ofdeath ? Rom:7. 24, You never find- Paul crying out of hiintelfe, O wreichedman that I am that I fuffer fo much ailli&ion in the world, that I am fo defpifed, I have tuch loifes in the world, or have not wayes of out- ward fubfif}ance, he never cryes out for his fuffering but for: his fin. O wretchedman that I ana who 'hall: deliver mel his greateft forrow it was for fin, Thirdly, Yet fo as approving of the Law that forbids that - fin: I find my heart affiieled for my fin; and in the mid'fl of the afmiction of my fpirit for fin, I approve the.Law, ofGod to, be holy, to be juft and good, though I be wretched and vile,:: Rom: 7. i 2. where Paul had a great confiici in his one fpi- rit, much troubled for the corruption that was in him, and yet then did he approve the Law toe holy and righteous : Many men are afltiòfed for finand their fpiritsare agatnfi the blinds of the Law that forbids the fin, they could with that there were no fuch Law, indeed they cannot but be troubled for their fin, but in the mean time they could with that there were no fuch Law that did forbid their fin, or did reveale any threatnings of God againfl their fin, but a gracious mo rnng heart that mourns for fin is apprehenfve and fenfible of all he evill that comes by fin,and that through the Law,and fai-h The foule; I would notbut that there were. fuch a Law, I bielfe God that ever I knew the Law, and I approve of the. Law, not only to be a righteous Law, but to be'a good Law;and that's the third thing in true mourning for fin; T1ie Fourth thing is this, That it carries the heart to Hu; Chrif.i
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