THE DANGER OF Negleding C H R i ST, &c. LUKE 19.41,42. when he was come neere, he kebeld the Citie, and wept over it, 42 Saying, if thou hadi knowne, even thou, at leaf? in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace 1 etc. He more men doe abound in true grace and Paving goodnellie, the more they grieve at other mens impieties,the more they are affe&ed with other mens mife- ries : according to the meafüre of their grace is their detefiation of finne, their indignation againfi finne, their forrow for the difhonour brought to God by finne, their fenfe and feeling of their brethrens preCent affli &ion, their apprehenfion of the future calamities like to fall Ì upon them. Good men mourne not only for their owne corruptions, but allo for other mens tranfgrefiions; they sorrow not onely for their owne troubles,but alfo for other mens miferïes. When Nehemiah beard how the walls of Jerufa- lem were broken downe, their gates burnt with fire, the people in great afielion and reproach, be fate downe and wept. David, a man after P Gods I O 5 Nch. i.3,4.
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