`"'r' eilTelpledy f or Security: taintefteares, thathe might weepedaj andnightfor the[Weeofthepeoplei; And let iter ta. his Cookeof Lamentations be aetffimonyofhisgriefefor common Miferiese Sa therewas a generali forrow,when Godtookeaway that peereleffe King lo_ fiàh;Teremiab laresemed,fnggtng menaadfm$tngmmienmaurneàk. Nehmiahfateand k a cpu3f.2b weptaadmoarnedtertatnedajn, when he heardof the&reatafitifIionandrepreachof hisCountry-men , theremainderof the great capuutty1. Ellerandher:amides 1Neke.t.;,i, Ned, becauCeoffsmantconfpiracy°; Iearguethádefperate cafewhen men "244' arenot humbled byAna ions: Theie baf[mittenthem,but they hauettoefaneWed: then haftcanfamedthem,dut they hauerefwfedtereceme correflian,faid theProphet of the feu Mule'ewes.. Thence commeth that extraordinarynote fit vpon A- aÌst43, Awe., nor found else-where :Iu times( fiiatribuiarandidhejertrefpa lemore* ping the Lord tIris is KiaaAbae.a. This isthe manwhowas notbibught toany o=cluas.aa humiliation, no, not by afflietion: And although a man haue no ciule ofdeie= efion, in regard of any perfonall gefenance,.yet the miferies ofothers area fuffcient motion. And therefore it isnoted asafauagt andbrutish pate, that whentheCity ofSbufbanwas irt 'perplexity , the King and Hatnaufate drink:mgir,ihè Peleese, andwoe is threatned againB themwhichcherished themielues, butp&1tg.tq, werenetferryforeheafiliionofiefepbT.' Por that cane, Nehemiah, though bee iAmos 6.ß himfelfewere well enough, being the Kings Butler, and in fpeciallgrace with him, yet heprofclfedthat beecould notbut befad, fo long as'hedhearddam hardellattofhisCountrey.ment:and hough',.ffofeslinedatéafeinPberaobirNtkc.r.rf; Court,yet.11ill his mind ví;asbpon the burdens 6f theIfraelites,and had nocell s,;. in himfelfevntill fie went iovift hie hretbrenf : and trriehWould not affoord fAaaa;... Jsimfelfe hr ordinarycomfort ofhis bed, (o long is the Arks. ofGodwas inha: lard'. Thus thefruits offiave, whether theybepetfonall;pt fuch aslie spot tuSaw:t4 ill others,or fuchas (becauseof the common concernenlent ofa fate) weeate in- tereffed in withothers,muft be taken noticeofto farther that g54Ni, which is commendedTOvsin this place. Thus Ihdgt Opinedthe do&rine,rou. thing that MourningandHeauineffefot floss, into sir. /c11Saint fames wouldhum vs to turne allour accuflomed fee uriiy.I come ¡DP* to theVie and application hereofmom (clues. In themaking ofwhichvie and application,I will follow thisorder. x.1 will TheYft' teaks it manifetfthatwe haue their causes ofmouvung, which have been hand- ledhitherto. a.I will lay open the genetill dcfeetcifthis duty ,notwithftanding the vrgencieof there causes: 3. Iwill labour the perfwadingof that, todoe which,we haue fogreat caufe,andyet in thedoing whereofwehaue been foex: needing negligent. These be(as it were)the ilnes,vnto cacti Of which I muff en. deauoutto glue his proper tilling. Firf,Imutt make itgood that we hautthis treble caufeofheaulnes. a.Òur owne tones, z. Thelinnet of the times. 3: Theeuideuces of Godsdirpleafpre rhrcenu e e againfkfume. Touching ourowne l5nnrs, that inihrmöltitúle addgrieuòuf= ofheaupslyg. nefeof them,we hauemuch matterofheeuiarfgno man (1 fuppofe) will denie, Fief} for mukit ude,hethat (hall fíeare Dauidt ackóowledugement,thathis ante Nncmoe innumber then thehairesofhié beak; and ¡abs confelfon,that he cannotan- aPf t4o. t;i sorer Godone of theafande,how can hethinke his(intros ire few ? Andtfthere be z1ó4.9.3, anyhere (as thlsfcureagebringsforthmanyfach) whofuppofeihthetale of his Cones tobe butfmall,let himdoebut this t Let himin theend (afromeoat day, examinehis centre limbicSOTrand proceedwith hit-delft frompointpaypf81,4;4: point,from hiswaking in the mòrning to thathome, callingall(asrime ashét poffblycan)hís thoughtsofpeeches,a @ions,ro a reckoning : and then, whin lie bath foundby afurueyrnadc,theidîe,vnprofitsble,godiclfethÄUghts, which banebeena.s thicitewithinhim, as motes in the sire; the vaine, ritiotís, blaC phemous, graceldrfefpteches, whieh haue fallen fromhis mouth , the culls whichhe hashdcne,thegood duties, toé', sod,tohitmfelfe,toothers, 'whichhee Qui bath
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