124 what true mourning for im is it is a free mourning, fuch as mourne defperately, they are for- ced to it whether they wiil,or no,but when the heart can apply it feife to the word freely, and canbleffe God that God did ever open the eyes of it to underhand the evill of fin,and thàt ever the Lord aid ap iy thofe truths to it that hath made fin to be burden ome, here's a gracious mourning, many men are troubled for fin in :Fight of their hta ts, and they riggle and keep a flirre. and doe what they can to get the truths of God out of their hearts, 'and therefore they got in -o carnall compa- ny, and f-11 :a t laying or drinking that fo thereby they may get truths out of heir hearts: but now a gracious man or woman, when any truth comes into it's h cart that troubles it for the fin' it bath been guilty of,-it goes alone and bleffeth God for this truth, blefled be the time that the Lord bath difcovered the evill of fin to my foule, and the Lord fet home thefe truths up- on my foule more and more, he accounts it to be a great mer- cy, thàt's the Sixth; Then Sevenrhly, and laflly, A graciousmourner for finnt can be fatisfied with-nothing elfe but in the removing of the guilt and iincleanneffe of fin; Another that mournes for fin, but in a naturali way, ór forced way, if fo b that God would' but give unto hint any peace, or take away the anguish that,is in his confcience, take away the fearesthat are upon him, that will fatisfie him; but now a graciousmourner for fn -is Inch a. one as can be fatisfied with- nothing elfe but the blood' of Chrih,cleaafing it from- the guilt of fin;and the Spirit of fin, and the Spirit of jefus Chriff coming into fanaifie the foule, and this is that that will comfort the heart only: And thus briefly I have flown you what a-gracious mourning is : If I would handle this point at large,t h. fe feven things might very well have taken up our time,but I on1; give you a hint of them:. --- Now then euch as mourne-hu for fin arebleifed': For Firtl, By this they do-much honour God, the foveraignty of God is honoured, and the hol'n _ffe of God is honoured,and the tuflice of God is honoured, when as a noo °e creature that- lath offended the foveraigne holy, and righteous God comes tobe afllictied for that fin that it hath committed God looks upon
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