434 e/f Remedy for Security. '1 naè to be repented f Andof this I will endeavour to fpeake as effe&ually as I can. The matccr The ground ofit is(as I haue faid)the di(honour ofGod by finne. NowLinde ofthcmour- that it may wound the more deeply,is to beconfidercdof vs three wayes. t.At Ling here it is inourfelues. Z. As it is blathers.. 3. gas it dfcoiteretb itfelfein themiferres which it pculsudcd brings vpen the Times. Of there three,reffefts I willtreat feuerally. .Out own: t, That ourowne Gnnes muff be mourned for, I fuppofewewill notdenk. fume,. Repentance isofabfoluteneceffitytofaluation,( forexeeptyerepent,ye1hallpai/b, g Luke 13.3.. faithout Sauiour6;) and there can be norepentance withoutgriefe: For, (awe haue heardout ofRawl) itisgodly farrow which caafethrepentance tofaluatian. Be. fides , the Scripture hath regiftred cues") a whole catalogueofmourners in this hPfa16.6. kind.Looke into it,you (hall therefee Daniel fainting h H=zekiahchattermg ran ì lla 38., 4. Crane i, ledadhorrrg himfilfr indaff andafhesk,Manaffebhumbling himfelfegreatly% 4lob4a.6, Étravponho knees anheauineffem, Da areiforrowfully canfeffinghis fnae,andfeek- i Chr,;;.ra in the Lardb7prayer wahfalbngn, E Grain (the, whole body ofa fiate) witin m E.9.3 g P f gv" aDan. 93,aoonthethigh n,Parrweepingbitterlye the Father of thepoffeffedchildebewayling oicr3x.rg. hisnabeliefeq,t4Mary Magdalen wafbingChrfrfeetewrtb tearer r ,Paudcryingcut, p Mash s6.7s Oh wretchedman that Iam! Who would not wills to beone in this compact ? q Mar.9 4 If they mourned, and went toHeaucn through thevale ofcrates, what are we rt.ou that we (hould ex eft a. calmer affage ? And know wee this for a certeni Jltom.y.a4, that thecomforts of the Gorpe II which are treafured vpinChrift, appertains t Amaa ó.y. onely to fach: not to themwhichareal cafe inZinn', bat to themwhich mournein atfa.61.3. Zion°. Thefiritofhenninejfe goethbeforethegarmentafgladneffe;andthereisno a PI1I. ta6. s reaping in ray,withoutforrow in tearera. a.Thu Inne The next confidcration of finne is, as it is Mothers: Foreure the (inst of o. ofothcrr. thers mull ben cattleof lorrow to aChriftian. SamuelwarnedforSandy, Daniels y 18...11.35 eyes gafhed ant withrisers ofwaters , becanfe men kept notthe Law =. Ezra rent his sPf.x19.136. ;loather , andplrackysfehe haire ,f h,, head and bca,d, whenhe heardof the peoples a Ezra9,,3. fittne,inmixigtheholy[eedewiththepeopleoftheLanda r The Soakoflereney weptin Ylera ;.ry. pc, ficretfnrthe prideo th rimesb : Lotvexed bri hreos fade inTeeing d hearingtbe dAets ty,t6. onlawfulldeedsofthe Sodomite. < : Totalsfjóiritwas f irredtofie the City ofAthenslab. e Mark.3.;. left to Idolatry d :Che f mournedfor thehardre,(fe ofmens hearts`, andwept for the fLok. s9.41.fecurity oflerufalemt : Who can perfwade himfelfetocarry the like Chri_ Rianheart, who clothnot bring forth the like (orrowing fruit ? Tworeafons therearcwhy theGanes of others (hould affef2 our foules. t. Piety to God, 2. Pity to them.Firll,piety toGod enforcethir. For whatdutifull relpe&can he carry toGod, whocan heareand fee God to be dilhonoured without any touch? Itgrieue,s a friend toheare the difgrace ofhisfriend. The godly arecal - glam,s.sg. led thefriends ofGod e Apoorefriend(hipitis,ifthe heartbe not affeftedwith toh.t;.ri. a wrongdone tohisMaiefly. Secondly,pityto others requireth it. For whore bowels that hath in himany dram ofgoodneffs, would not yearn within him, wholeheart would not melt, to fee whole fwarmes and millions ofpeople whichwill needs be damned?furely there canbe no religion,where there wants Tit List i.ns, this compaffion. Ihane readofMarceline a Roman , that whenas after a long Gege,he entred by compofitioninto that rich Cityof Syracufa,the teares trick- ling downehis cheekes,to fee fofamous a City,andfach amultitude ofInhabi- tants brought into captivity. See,what affe &ions havedwelt even in the Hea.. then, begetting forrow forthemiferiescaenoftheir enemies. A(home fora Chriflian to behold the daily mine ofa worldoffoules , numberleffe troupes to be led as captives by thePrince ofdarkneffe,and notto bemoan` it. g.Thetala- The third confiderationoffinne, is, as it difeouereth it felfe in themiferies; irides of she which by the inftice ofGod it brings vpon the Times ; which thingalmoRwaft be taken etaheant, Thus was Ç.)aid mooued,when he law multitudes fwept a. baham.a4,1y waywith theprRilence h, leremy wifbed hisbeadfnllofwater,andhis eyesafro:- raise
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