Why mourners for fin are dleffed, 12y upon himfelfe as honoured when as a finner goes on in a proud itubborne aiffe way in his fin, he.voes in a way of de- fiance agaiiaff the great God, and Both deny the honour that is due to the great Cod : But noswwhen the word of God comes and beates down this finner, and affliCrts it for the fin it path committed, and it lyes downe Hat before the Lord, mourning; and lamenting that ever it bath finned agaiilí1 the Lord, here the name of-the great holy and juí} God is 'advanced, and blef- fed are they that thall advance the name of God thus : thou Ihouldeft have advanced the name of God by thine obedience, but thou haft nordone, but haft difhonoured it 'by thy dífobe- dience ; Now if thy heart be willing to advance it 'by thy mourning, There is a blefiednetfe. Secondly, _It is a blefíed thing to mourne for fin, Vbecaufeit is an Evangelical) grace, it's that that is promifed in the Go- fpel; when Chrill faith, Ile fend` the Comforter, what íhall the Comforter do ? The firft work that the Comforter fhail do,it í1u11 be to convince the world of fin : You will fay, here's a Comforter indeed, what to come and comfort us by convince-. ing us of fn, it is the way of the Comforter, and therefore it's- a blelled thing ; there is nothing more Evangelical!' then faith and repentance, mourning for fin in this way that I have fpo- ken it is no legal! thing, its not a worke of the Law, the Law tà es no notice of {ourning for fin,but it is a work of the Spi- rit oi`God, of the c? nförting Spirit, to convince the world of fin ; and therefore by the way, when as you come to hear fuch preaching of the word as gets into your boomes,and convinces you ofTin, be not ve\t and troubled at it for now có:ne , 'the holy Ghoft that is the Comforter, it is the. firfI worke of the holy Chofi that is the Comforter 'of thofe foules that fhall°be fav'd to convince the world of their fin,and therefore embrace it,and blette Cod for it,now comes the holy Ghofi,and comes to make way for comfort unto my foule:, In- the 12. Lech: I will powr out the fpir;t of Grace a+td (uppl:ca- tion, and w at 'hen ? and they (hall loo(Le upon kfm :ikon they have peirc ed, with their fins, and mourn and lament as one that laments for his onely fon,It is afruit of the fpirit 'of" grace and fup-
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