284 Chap. 3o. Yin Expotition upon the Books of Jo a. Veri.31, by coldnes. Though irîforne !direr cafes Torrow is moderated, yea and removed by muficke, yet great and fetled forrowes are rather exulcerated andvexed by it. And as this is true of com- mon forrow°Mid by any outward afflidion, fo it ii more true and moil true of that ipeciall furrow and' heavineffe of heart-, which is caufed by prkks ofconscience and the fenceof fin, or by the hidings ofGods face, and the wichdrawings of bis favour. How ungratefull and unwelcome is carnal mirth to awounded fpirit ? to a foule th .t mournes under the apprehe: fions of di- vine oitpleouret Therefore when the Apoil le ?antes would pre- ferihe chat to Saints which is proper both in fad and comforta- ble difpenfations, he faith ( Chap. i.33. ) io any among you of., flated, let him pray, ( That's mulick in che cares ofGod) Is any man merry ( that is, bath hecaule to be merry, and is his heart wound up and tuned to it ? ) let him fing Tralmes, or ( as the Greeke hath ìt, for-there 'cis but one word )- let him ling; holy longs he meanes for the matter, and let him fing in aholy man- ner, not to pleafe the flab, but to quicker] and recreate his fpi- rit. Wee fee by this Apoitolicall dire&ion, that as our elate in this world is full ofchange, fo wee mutt apply our felves to a change of Duties. Singing is proper to a profperous eitare,fing- ingnot only to the praife ofGod, but tinging his praire prayer is our heft remedy , as God towhomwe pray is our belt refuge, in a dayofadverfity and Laftly, Note. gacan quickly jpoile all our natsficke and mirth, bee can change our plea/are into paine,-our el( lights into lamentati: ons, our health intoficknes,.ostr harpe andorgan into mourn ing and weeping. The Prophet gives a large defcription of fuch a change ready to fall upon that Land, ( //a. 24, 7, 8, 9.) The neo wine mom-m- ilk', the vine languifheth, all the merry-hearted doefigh ; the mirth of tabrets ceafeih, the nr:yfe of them that rejlce entifth, the Joy ofthe hale ciafeth, theyAall not drinke wine with aTong ftrong drinke be bitter to them that drinks it. Wine makes the heart of man glad ; therefore to fhew how Much the wine-, drinkers fhall mourne, he faith the wine 'hall 'morose. Wee read a like faddenunciation made by another Prophet in the name of
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