Rey;ns why we muff mourne for the fins of other;. t53 did break the barrs of his ipeech,and he cryes our, why do you kilt Crn fis ? fo when we fee God, that blef ed od io diúiò- noured whom our.fóuls do io love,ir muff of neceifity pierce our hearts. And then, Secondly, Our rove to others should caufe griefe, why ? when we fee others fin againft God,' we fee them doe miïchiefe to themfelves-: it not grieve you when you fee men wound and deftroy themfelves, when you hear, of mens houfes on fire, and of the grievous pains they are in ? why you mourn for ir, and it would make (you fay)the hardeft heart in the world to melt, you can never fee a man fo miferable by any thing as he is by fin, fin makes him the molt miferable creature in-the world, and therefore if you have any love to your brother mourne for his fin. And then Thirdly, Becaufe the -fins of others .loth bring á great deal of evil to the wold : what's the caufe of the -evils that are in the world, but the fins that are committed in the world ? and while thou dóeft live in the world thou canit not but partake 'of the miferies that do come by fin, in the 9 of Eccles., laft, One fznner deftroyes much good, what doth many timers then ? As the vapors they afcend infenfibly up,but they come down fenfibly, fo' the fins of the world they may afcend up, and men not regard them, but they will come downe. in grievous f cirmes and ternpefts. And then Fourthly, There's caufe of mourning for the fins of others becaufe thou canít never fee any man commk any fin, but thou haft caufe to confider that the toote of that fin is in thy heart. It is reported of Bradford that he never faw a Iran commit aßn, never heard a man fweare an oath (or the like) but he would ufé to.ay, god be merciraíl ro me a inner : }od be mercifull tome : thar is, he faw t hz root of that fin in his heart'; It's true, the Lo.'.; bath r.i}, a;ned thee f :omfuch cro fe fins but thou haft the rye of them in thy heart; and therefore thou haft caufe to moume when thou feeft fo in others. And bleffed ace they that do thus mourne - nor fhrft, This argues ('.ncerity,thic argues much of the Spi- rit of God, it loth not argue fo much -fincerity to mourne for X our
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