An Expojition, 'With Notes- -- Thoughit be a duty againfi the heart and hair, yet imitate th0fe hodPral. 6 6 ly one:s of God, that d Wlltered their couches with tears, that e wifof lcrem. 9 1 td thtir keads to be fountains of water: 'Tis likely you will come t11ort of them) but high aims and attempts in duty will do you no hurt: He that thooceth at the Sun, though he come far fl1orr, will fl1oot higher then he that aimeth at a thrub; 'ois bdl: to eye the highefi and worrhiefi examples. Again, it theweth how little of a Chrifiian is found in them that are {hangers to godly farrow, that . buhe and fieep their Souls in fitthly delights: Chrill: was amfln of forrows,and the Spirit is amourning Dove. I confefs fome Chrifiians are Qf a fadder temper then others; the Spirit acteth with dif,. ference and variety ; in fome more m(}urnfu!ly, in othe'rsmore l''ai– fediy : Some Hlens lives are fpenc in the jilence ofmeditation, o– thers in the heat offcrvice,in doing and fuffering for God: The one makes ufe ofChrifis Love>, like holy Niobe's, to diffo.lve and melt away their Souls in tears ; the other to quicken themfdves to action and more refolution for God. But certair,ly every Chriflian is e>f tender bowels, and they will find frequent occafions of mourn~ ing; and unlefs we be well humbled, we can hardly do well or fuf- · · ~rwe~ · . ()kforvat. 3· · l· The next Reafon of this multiplication of words, is,, to thew tha.t we rnufi continue and perfevere in ic : We would feon mrn over our hard leflon,and love not Eo dwell upon fad thoughts; there– fort> th~ Apof\!e returneth the Duty again.and agai'n to our care: Be ~?jfiiEled,ana then moNrn,and then "-'eep. S-orrow doth not work:. tj/f it be deep and con/fant: and the arrows fl:ick fail: in the Soul~ David faith, My .fin is ever. befol"e me, Pfal.5J.3· We mufi be held to i·t; flight farrows are foon cured ~ Mourning is an holy ex– ercife,by which the Sool is every day more and more weaned from fin,and drawn out to reach after God. Well then, it checketh th.ofe that content themfdves with an baffy figh, and a little b1owing up– on the lilatter; judg you , is this being ajfiiUed, and mourning,_. and Weqing? Check fuch a vain heart as would prefemly run out into the houfe of. mirth ag~in. But you will fay, W()uld you. have us turn Hcr.:~.dites, to be always weeping? l.anfwer, I. True it is, that fonow befint:t·h this l-ife r-ather then.joy : Now we are ~bjenA frf)mt.he Lr;rd, under the burthen of avile body and pitief#ajfcEti– o.nJ; ..cis our pilgrimage; we have only afew Songs,Gpds Statutts,. P.[ .r.I.J1.9. 5..4· TheCot:nmUQion .tbilt we have. withGod io Ord.i-: n_ance~,
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