fay, There Ih"ll be .g'odly for row in Heaven, becau[e :ther-e wiU be memory and remembrance ·offins ~n Hc~ven~ and btcaufe 'tis nth~r aperfection ;then an opprejfioJ$ of mcure: But ~at'h :f.hartJ~eyGnd Elah; there all1,ears ar-e i»'iped froriJ eur leJcf: But lu~wev·e.t "~c~s pleafing toHeaven, tm G0d and Alngels ·; :,arnd ith~n mele ~ftt.f..affii~ings do us moll good : Voluntary mcmmings prevent •enforced ; '.BlcJ{ed are the] thf'lt mo~rn,fcrtthtJ fh'>dl be v.omfortcd, Mat.5 ·4• tha' do it freely, and of rheir own -accord: 'Tis one of t~he Attri– butes ofGod, he r;om.forteth tthofc that.a·rc caft down, 2 Cor,7.6. You fee it preventeth mifery ; if l1Qt, it comforteth in mifery : This mourning hath always a joy going along with it. Chry[oflotnob– {erveth, that thegreateft Mdurner in l{radwrrs the fweet Sin ITer in Ifrael. AChrifi:ian is never more furely .joyful theH after, ye~ in godlyforrow: True convid:ion of fin is caufed by the Comforter, Joh. 16.8. There is confolation mixed witb! it. ·:Be!ide_:s, 'ds:ofgreat ,profit to the Soul : The rain maketh the.ground flourifu ; and mek 4 ed mettals are fit to recei.ve any fiamp : By the fadnefs ofthe coun– tentflnce the heart u made better, Ecclcf. 7• 3• 'Tis·bitter phyfick, but it procureth health: Holy tears are cthe.fpunge df fin; an ,bard h("art mult bejtmkfd, and afilthy ·heart mult be rw~jlml mtthrs 'wa– ter: We are m(l)ft conflderate whenrmo'A: penfive. r:3dides.all th!s, t·he iffue and end of it is very fwe:et: God will r.e;vive rthe fp.irit of the humble, and rcftore comfort to the mournen, Ifai..57·15, 17• Well then, Be .~jjiUed; 'cis ahat·d duty,.buttof gveattpr(l)fit: Make your forrow,to draw \-\1.-lt-cr; for the Samftllary nfft~Ol!ion-s, dH4e rthe Gib~onices, mutt not be·abcililhed,but kept for Temp! -tlfe6. ' ~nd m@t~n1, ttnd~~eep: J \1\T:hy• (~ many words t0 one .porpofe'? The whole Verfe and the next ·is of thci ifame ·ftrnin. · 1 ttnfw~r, I. · ~ris an hard Duty, and needtth much erffmel:/m([nt. G>bftlrve, Ohfcrvat. l, I. Fl~fo anu ·blood mufl Ire muah urged JtO ail~ 'if fot.row : ~h~y 'lre pamful eo th~body.,and1lurthenCom t01themmd, Erothy;fptttft's }Qve their pleafure andeafe: .Trhefools hear.Jt:u 'in thtl/~t()ufe. ofmir11h, Ecclef. ,7. A loofe g-arifh ffpiric cloth not lQve lED icon~eufe with mournflll·objeCls, or eo be prelfed to• rnourning ~duties. It 'tbewech how infiant and earnefi we fhould be, in q,reffing fuch dut-ies as thefe : 'Oh we4p, rmourn, .be iijfiiUe:d. ?J:isco-ne of..the'faMcies no~ , in fafhion,men w()ul.d:be altogether honey,ed:undlOyl~d w1thgPaGe'f the wholefom fe'larities ofR.e~igionGre diHaft~. Some that \voulti be taken for Chrifiians,ofthe'highefb form, !llie-nlrogl!th€rpr~judieed · - againfi
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