)_424 _ A arewe/lSermon,&c. _ ___ j 1. That hereour eyes are full ofteare;: howe!fdhould rhey bewip'r aW.tJ?bow 1 /1. all, unleffemany? I 2. That thefe teares are from farrow; and this forrowfromdeach,andwylc, out · of the connesionofall thefe. 3 • That God will once free as, borh fromteareswhicharethe<ffdt offorrow, • and from toyle and death,which are the caufesofit. 4 , Thatthisourfreedomemunbeuponacbange; for that rbe fir{! things ..-e pafied. 5. That thischange !hall he in ourRenovation. Behold I mall! 1/Jthll•g' wm. 6. That this renovation and happy change !hallbe in our perpcmall fruition of theinfeparable prefence ofGod,whofeTabernacle!hall be with men. As thofe grounds that lie loware commonlymoorifh, this bafe port of theworld whereinwe Jive, is the vale ofteares, Thattroe Bochim, as the Iliaelices called their B momning-place: Webeginoar life with teares, and therefore cor Lawymdefine !ift,by w"epin~; ifachild wereheard cry, it is alawfull proofofhis living: elfe ifhe bedead,we fay heisllill-born;and at our partingGod finds teares in cur eies,which he!hallwipe off. Sowe find italwaies, notonely ( nv n1~~;) atimeofwrrpio~, bm ( 110 ::>) offolemne mourning, as sat.mofJ puts them together,Ecc/.3 ·-4-· Except we be in that cafe that David & hispeoplewerein, (and 'jmmie fayes t!Ie famein hi! Lamentations,oftheJewes) that theywept till they couldweep no more: Here are teares at our devotion; TheAltarcovered with cears,Ma/,,. Tears in the bed,Dat>id watered hiscouchwith teares,Pfa/.6. Teares towafh wirh,as Mariu. Teares to rat, Pfal••p .3• Teares to drink,Pfa1.8o. yeadrunkenneffe with uares,Ef"J 16.9. This is otJI'de!liny as we are men,but more as we areChrinians,To fow in teares; and God loves thefe wet feed-times; they are feafonable for usherebelow : Tbofemen there· C fOre are mHlaken ,that think to goero heaven withdry eyes, and hope to leap immediatelyout ofthepleafuresofearth,into theParadifeofGod.iinfultingover the drou· ping e{lateofGods difirefl'edones..As 'jerome,& Bede,fay or Peter, that he could not weepewhile hewas in the High Prie{lswalls, fo thefemen cannotweepewhere they have offended. But let themknow thauheymuftbavea timeofteares, and ifthey doe not begin withteares,they!hall endwith them; Woebe to them that Jaugh,for they!hall weep; and ifthey will notweepe, and !hake their headshere, they lhall wrepe and waile, and goa!h their teeth hereafter: Heremu{! be tears,and that good ftore: All teares; as rivers •recalled thetearesoftheSea;(=' ·~~J)}o6.38.fo mun ourtearesbe the rivers ofour eyes, Pfa/. I r 9: I 36. andour eyes fountaines, 'jer.9. r. Heremu!t be teares ofpenitence, teares otcompal!ion,andwillhe teares offarrow: Wellare thofe two mer therefore;teares and forrow: for though fome !bed tears for D fpight,others for joy,as C.fpri.ml Mart,rs,GIIodiHIIIped•ritlaciM,mitexprimtflteJ;yet commonlyteares are the juyceofamindepreffedwith griefe;And as welldoe tears, andcrying,and forrow accompanydeath;either in the fuppoution,or thedeniaii;For as worldly forrow (evenin thisfenfe)caufethdeath,bydrying the bones,andconfuming the body: fo death ever lightly, isa juft caufeofforrow, farrow to naturein ourfelves,forrow to ours.And asdeath is the terribleft thing,fo is it thefaddr!t thing, that befalsaman.Namrecould fay in tbePoer,~ir mattemlfJ f•tme natiFlere vetat? yeaGod himfelfallowed his holy Priens,to pollutethemfelves inmourning,for their neere{ldeadfriends, except theHighPrien; whichw=s fomidden it in figure. Aqd rheAponle while he forbids the Theffalonians tomoum,as withouthope,doth in a fort command theineares,butbar their immoderation. It was not without afpeciall reference to a judgement,thatGod (ayes to Ezechicl, SonofMan,Bebold I will take E from thee thcpleafureofthy lifewith a plague, yet !halt thou neithermourne nor weep, neirherfhallthy tears run downe. So fit did the]eweshold tears for Funerals,that theyhired mourners, which with incompofedge{lures ran up and downe the nreers, Ectl.r,. whodid alfo cur and lance themfelves,thatthey mightmourne in earneft,'Jer.T6. That good natur'dPatriarch Ifoakmourned threeyeeresfor hismother, as theChiBefu doe at thisday for their friends. Jacob mourned twoand twenty yClresfor '}ofeph: and therewant not fame,which have thought.tdafll & Et~• mourned ----'--------------~~~~-~-~--~~---
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