126 hß mourners for fin are bleffed. supplication that was promi..ed to be Fowred..fotth.in the times :of the (oi :el : The nrft Sermon that we heare Chrifl prea- ching it is Repent for the Ivsd,me of :Heal en is.at.l ard, and h al points his Disciples to preach in that manner, Repent for the ¿ gdonie of Heaven is at hand, Preaching mourning for tin is an Lvangelicall, preaching : a fruit of the tpirit of grace that is promifed in the times of the,Gofpel: and where there is a Congregation upon whom the Lord powrs tlrìs fpirit of grace, to looke up to Chrill whom they have peirced by fin, and to mourn over -him, fuch a Congregation is.bletfed, for the fruit of the Gofpel'is mightily upon them. Thirdly,Surely they are in a bled condition,for it appears that they,comenow to have a right jhhdgement:.rheir judge - rtnentisinligtttt3ed to underhand what is truly good and truly evill, and to have a right temper of fpi: it:before they went on. imblindneffe, they knewnot God, nor rhemfelves, nor tho! 'things that concern d their eternall good, but now they cone to underfand wherein good and evill doth confifi.Before their hearts -were hardned,fo that whatsoever was fpoken to them aid nor take with their hearts,but now their hearts are in a gracious fofcnefs,& f6 in a right temper, & therefore they are blefíed. `Fourthly, In the fourth place, This mourning for fin, it helps again(} all other mourning , it helps again({ other forrows Certainly while we are here in this world there will be many forrowes, we muff forrow for fomething, now the for - rowing for fin will help again(+ other forrovs, tho';e that are of feeted with the evill of their fins, will not be much afte &ed with any other evil, it will eate out the evil of other forrowes. Fifthly, -. Further, It is a means to prevent eternal! for - rowes : Certainly God Will have every foule to know what fin meanes at one time or other ; There s no finner upon the face of the earth but atfome time or &her mull come to'un- derftand what fin meanes. You Muff have furrow fo: fin, that's a certaine rule, as it's determined in Heaven that all men mull once dye,fo it's determined in Heaven that all men mull Once forrow, if they mull repent they Mull needs forrow, now how much better is it to forrowfor En while it may be pardoned, then
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