136 The Comforts of true mourners. for fin. foule, and, thou art weak: and unable to doe much, but cánfl thou mourn, know that mourning ( being fuch mourning as bath been oi:ened ) it is a 1acrit ce unto God as acceptable as any facrahce thou cants tender up un:o,him, fo id the 5 i 'pfd. 7 be Sacr4ces of God arc a l roken heart, a broke i and a contrite fpirit ,,god thou wilt not defpife:They are inaead of all ficrilices, therefore when thou haft no facrahce to tender up to .God, yet haft fhounòt abroken fpirit for thy fin, God highly efleemes of that, yea let me tell thee this, there is nothing that God e- fleeme. more then the reares of a broken heart, then that that collies from-a broken f, irit, and that is a bleifmg, for godly forrow comes from faith as well as from fence of fin, I fay no- thing next to the blood of )efus Chrifl that is in hyer efleeme by Cod,xhen this,,and therefore thou mayefl have comfort for the prefent. Seventhly know, That however the difference of Gü is a great matter in our eyes, and it alould be fo,we 1hould labour to looke upon our fin in the greatneis of it, with all its aggra- vations, Yet when it comes into the hand of Jefus Chrili- to fa- tisfie for, great and fmail fins make no fuch difference with him in the work of his Mediation. If you fpi -11 water in a houfe out of -a paile it makes a great fhew, but there is no great difference fen if you powre it into the Thames; fo 'though in our, Confciences the difference of fin is much, yet when it comes to the Infinite Sea of the mediation and fatif- fï&ibn of Jefus Chtif#, and the ,race that is there; the diffe- rence is.not fo much. 0-that onely fuch as are - mourners for fin might heare this,. except that the hearing of it mìgbt be á ;means to_reak the hearts of others. á r Eight#sly,.. .Further know. this for thy Comfort, That fo long 'as receiving-Comfort from the word makes thee f ucibleof thin: lhiworthinefle, that fence of thin unworthiiief e f;ould not.hinder thee from taking Comfort : This is a certain ale, when the taking Comfort makes me more fencible of Mine un- >.wo thiríef e, then the fence of mine. -unwotthine feMould not hinder me from taking Coinfo t; For this is tire & ={eat tn.«tt:r that tronbleschofe that are mourners, they are- afraidtharah v fliould
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