2"roublefomneje of Sin, Sorrow. >i77 tivating, overfwaying, and leading him away to the min- ding and feeking of himfelfe, and ferving of his ownebafe atrecctions. To this I anfwer, that in this cafe and ef}ate a man may Comforts in comfort himfelfe , and allure himfelfe of the truth of his the work of t if denyall,. I Self - denyall 1. By the trouble which remaining and rebelling lulu are I a ainft firTi ning Inffs. unto the fouie of man : If they be troublefome to the foulc, i,Traidble- as the ' Canaanires to Ifrael, as thornes in our fides , and Cannes of Luít prickles in our eyes, as ddeafes in our flefh and burthens i Iudos 2,3. on our backs, as rebels and mutinous perlons in a common- weak are a trouble to the common-weale. Though we are not fully freed from, yet wehave truly denyed them ; when finne is not Tweet as wine, but bitter as gall toour palate, not pleafant as bread , but troubkfame as gravel' to our teeth, not pleating as the wife ofa mans bofom, but off.n- 1five as a contentious and quarrelfome inmate; there the lulls ofaman are denyed, they doe not raigne andbearedo- minion , they have not the full and peaceable poffellion where they are a trouble. Paul was one that had in a very high meafure denyed himfelfe, yet he camplaines.oftnne, as of a k lath in his members rebelling againft the law of hie k Rom.7.23,' mind, and fometimes leading him captive ; yet this being 4 a trouble to him, as a dead member to the body, as a mote to the eye, asa thorne to the foot, the Lord comforts him 1 z Cor.rz,s. with the fufficiency of his grace, ÄYty ' grace le fufficient for thee. 2. By the godly grief; and forrow of the heart of man for t.Godly griefe the lus`''ts yet remaining, and snaking evade within him, for remaining When the prefence andoppofition of corruptionmakes man lu(ts. to forrow, as a woman in travel!, untill his foule is deli- m Iudg,s,;. vered and difchargcd of them, to mourne as the Ifr.aclites lift up 'n their voice and wept, becaufe the Canaanites conti- nued among them , and to grieve for the prefence of fin- full lutes in his heart, as Sarah, was grieved for the prefence of the daughters of Heth in her hoof . When a mans fur- row ú continually n before him, becaufe -finne is continually ` n Pfal.; 8.17. ¡within him ; fuch .a man may afire himfelfe of his fell- j Q.- 3 denyall.
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