Dire,Tions to thofe that never were mourners, 147 how fweete is into be without them : fo many of you muff live jollily,I but the joy that you have,what is it but joy in bafe and low things, it's nothing but corruptjoy which you have, but now if you had the comforts of the Holy Ghoft,ic would eat out that joys, fo that there would be no place for fuch corrupt joy as now your hearts take fuch content in; & thus much for the fpeaking to chofe that are mourners :we have yet a word or two to fpeak. Firff, To thofe that have not yet been fuch mourners, and then to.fpeake to the Saints to put chews on to mourn yet fur- ther, Peeing Chrift promifes fuch comfort. For chofe who are flay of mourning ; There area generación ofmen that are fo Thy of mourning, they think it will bring them to defpaire if they should give but any way in their mourning for their fin ; and therefore though'fomettmes they think their hearts begin to be toucht by the word, they labour with all their might to put off that word,and they wil come no more to heare if they meet with a word that comes to their confciences and cuts to the quick , they will come no more, they cannot fleep fo quietly that night as they did formerly they looke uponmourning for their fin with fuch a thy eye as if ir were the molt wickedff thing in the world ; . C poore deluded foule,thou act infinitely mitfaken,remember this text, and know, that by this text thou mayeft (if thou well acknow- ledge this to be the book of God, and thefe to be the words of Chri(f) know that thou art miffaken; Chrift faith that they are bleffed, Ble(fed are thofe that Mourne, if thou wouldit come to be a bleffed man, entertain even a fpirit of mourning : Do :h the Spirit of God heginto come to thy foule through the word? be willing to otien'thy heart to him, and entertain ir, and make much of !At word, remember that text, (I fpeak of it but by way of allufion) in the 7 Dan:, laí 'cv, faith Dante! there, My eon: Cations much troubled me, and my countenance changed at me , but I kept the matter an my- heart : -It's a very obferveable place,Danlel had fonething reveal'd by God unto him : It's true, the cafe is different, Daniels and yours, but there was a meffage of God reveal'd unto him, and the text faith That the thoughts of his heart did trouble him, and V cowl-
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