1,381 Rules in Perking after Comfort. it It comes into the heart ,, to work upon the heart : many that are mourners they futt r their hearts . to fiuke downe,, Kitty to Confider of the blacknetfe of. their foules, but looke nor up to the gracioufnelfe of the promife -:. we have a moil excellent Scripture for that in the 36 Pfal.. 4. 5. Ke,oyce the' Soule of thy fervant, faith David : Ir feemes David. was . in a mournfull flare, now txark what he iaith.,, Rejoyce the foule of thy fervant, for unto tkee O Lordi doe lift up ns:y foule ; that's the way for Joy ; Thou prayell unto the Lord , O that thou would'fi rejoyce my foule,, and yet thou letteti thy foule fall groveling upon the ground ; But reloyce the Pule of thy fer- vant, for OLord, to thee doe I lift up my foule; This Scripture is of exceeding ufe to mourners ,. for there is nothing that , mourners for fm are more faulty in,then when they define. Joy to their hearts , yet they fufler their hearts to lie groveling, below, they doe not flirre up themfelves, and firive to lift up their foules ; For unto thee doe I lift up myfoule, faith David : And in the 5 v. For thou Lord art good, and ready, to forgive, and plenteowa in mercy to all them that call upon thee : The Lord is ready, if thou canft but lift up thy foule, and be ready Therefore take heed that the anguifh and trouble of thy foule- doth not hinder thee from looking upon the promife, from lif }ersing unto the .promife that is made unto thee. We find in the 6 of Exoti: 9 v. That when Mofes fpake to the children of Ifrael, the text faith, They, hearkened not to Mofes ; Why ? what did Mofes come for, he came to bring a meflàge to them for their comfort, but they hearkened not to him ; why, For anguifh o f J irit, and for crush bandage. The anguifh of their fpirtts, and the cruell bondage was fuck as made them not to hearken to Mofes; take heed that this be nor thy Condition thou that art a mourner for fin, that when the shoe fhall come that I fhould apply the promife unto thee, that for anguifh of fpirit, and for cruell bondage thou doeft not hearken-to what is faid to thee ; It is not good for a man that is going over a narrow bridge, and under which there is a great ftreame, and a deep river, for him, ` efpecially being weak in his head, to be lboking.upon the, river and. Confldering of the depth of ir,. and
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