.- 1. Booke. Cafes of[onfcieme, 15 oftltcmind: bccaufc they which truly mourn A Thenext is, rhat the Minillerie of the word, tOr rhcit finnes,gricuefortheoffcnce ofGod, is an orJioaric meancs, wbcrem God doth asthcg~'cardl cuillof all; and forrhel~lfeof offcr,and apply Chn!l wtth all hts bcnefitsro the fauout of Gocl,as for the lolfc ofrhe moll the hearers, as if hcc called them by rhcJt prcrious thing in the world. ' names; Pcrcr, Iohn, Curr.diUs, Bdauon 1Jl. Cafe, Wlicthcr It be necelfary in HuChri~~tmd tho/4 jhalt v~[t!JUd, When we haue miliation, that the hcartlhould bee fmitten nghtly conGuered ofour foundation: the fc. with afcntible forcow ?An(. I. ln forrow fot cond thmg Is) to practilCvpon1t, and that ts, linncthecc are two things: firll, to bee difto gil!COUr fducs eo theexerc1[cs of faith and pleafcd for out iinnes:fecotldly, to hauc a borepenrance; which Cl and 111 meditation of the ddy moouing of the heart, which caufe~h VVorJ, and prayer for mercy and pardcn: crying and rcares. The former ofthcfe is nea~d when this IS done, then God giucs the celfanc, namely, in heat! to beedeepcly dlf. (en(e and incrcafc of his gr.cc. When Lydia plcafedwirhour[clues: thclatter is nor Gmwas hearing the Sermon ofPaul,tnen God o .. plic necelfaric, though it be commcndablein pencd her hcarr,Act. I 6.11. whomfocuer it is,tf it bee in truth; for Lydia Secondly,I!Isdemaundcd: VVhcn fairh hadthe firfl,but not thcfecond. II. Ttfalleth B bcginncs t0 breede m the hcarr, ~ndwhen o. Out ofrentimcs,that thegreatnesof the graefe man bcginne, to belecuein Chrill? /lnfwer. cakerh away the lcnfiblc painc, and caufcth When he be&mncs to beerouched in confcia nummednelfe of the heacr, fo thatrhe parencc fOr his owne flnncs, and withall. hungers tic gneucth nor. 111. Sometimes fh~ eomand rhitOs after ChrW, and flistightcoufncs, plcxiOn wllJ not affoord teares : and mfuch then bcginneth faitb. Thcrcafon is plaine. I the;emay be true humtltauon, though with Asfaith isrcncwed,fo it is bcgunne; but lt IS dne checkes. renewed when a man is touchedmconfclencc sea. 3· for,hJstinnc3 1 and beginsanew ro hungerafter Faith in The fccond thing io be donefor rhcartaiChrill; tiJerelorewhen rhefcrhmgs 6rfl fhew Chnfi. ningofGodsfauour,and confequcntlyoffaIroemfclucs,then fatth firll begin•· For thcfc uauon,is to bdecue•n{hrijl. In tl'c practtfc of were the things that were in Dauid, when bee aChnllian life, the duties ofhumiltiUton anu renewed hisrepentance. faith cannot be fcu~red ; yet for doC!ttncs Sea.4. fake, I d<fhngUtOJ them. In faith there arc The third dmicnecclbrie to faluation, is ftepcn.; : two tlnngorcqnired,and ro be pccforrned on Repenttt~ce. Inwt11chJ two rhmgs are to bee tan.e. our bchalfc. ftrfl, to know the pOints ofre- c confidcred; the beginning,na1lldy, agodly hgton,and na.mely,thc fumme of thcGofpel, Sorrow, wh1ch is the be6mning ot Repen· cfpcc~ally tile promifeof nghrcoufnelTe and ranee, 2. Corfnrh. 7· and vpon this(orrow a l<feerernall byChrill. Secondly, roappreChange, whlch is Tudeed Repentance 1t fcl(e. hcnd and applte the promife and wtthall the Inforrow wc:c;coniidcr,tuil,th~ nature of 1t: thing pronltfed, wh1th is Chnfi, vnto om iecnndly,thepropertiesof it. Touchtngrhe (dues: and this is done, when aman vpon the nature of JOrrow, itJs either inwarJ or out· . cornmandemcnr ofGodlets downe thts with ward. Tne imvard farrow, ts when a man ts himfelfc, thatChrifl andhts merits belong J,[plcafcd with htmfelfe for h<s linnes. The vntohim mparticular, and rh;t Chrill is his umward, when the hea.rt declares th~ griefe wifcdomr 1 1uHification/antl-ificatlOn, ar:d re· tllcreof by reurcs, or fuch like Iignes. ARd demption. 1hi, doC!rine is piame out ofthe iorrow 111 thts cafe, called a godly farrow, " lixt ollol.n: for Chrtfl tsthere propounded more to be r.!tecmed by the firi! otrhefc,then vnto vs,as the bread& the water oflife. Thcrby rhcfccond.Thc propertyofthisforrow, is fore faith mufl not be idlein the bratne, but to make vs to bee d:fpleafed with our felues it mull take Chrifl, and apply htm vnro for our finnes dirctliy, hecaufe they arc fins, the foule and confctcnce, euen as mcatc as D & do difplcafcGod. Ifthere were noJudge, eaten. no hell)nor dcatb, yet weemuft: beegrlc:uc:Cf', The ~llto119 of Confcicncc touching bccaul'e we haueoffended fo mercifull a God, Faith arerhcli:. Fitll,how we may trucly apandfo louinga Father. And asgodlyforrow plyChnfl,w~th al his benefits vnro our[dues? w1ll n1ake vs rhus eo doc,foisitthc ncxtcauti: For wicked men apply Chril1 vnto themof repentance, and by this is repentance diffclucs falfdy, in prefumption, bur few doe it cerneJ. truly,as theyougbt to do. I a!lf\ver, that this Thenextthing inrepentancc,is the Change may be donr, we mufi rememb('r eo do two of the nunde and whole man in affcaion things. Fnll,lay downe a found3tion ofrim life, and couucrf•ttou. And this fland<th i~ actton, and then praC!tfe vpon it. Our founacon!fant purpofe ot the minde, and refoludation mun be laid in thC\VOrd, ordfewcc rion ot the heart, not ro finnt", but in eucry fhall fatle in our application; and it conGII• rhmgtodoethcwlilofGod. HercuponP•ul of two principles: The one is, As God giues exhorreththem~to whome hce \\'rotelro con~ a promt(c of ltfe ctcrnall by Chn~ ,fo bee tinue m the loucof God, and in rhc obcdi· glUescommandement, that euery one in par~ encc ofhisword.AL't,i 1,2 3.BarnabtUwhen he ticular,OJOuld apply the promifc tohimfelfe. came to Autioch, and had fcene rhegraccof B 2 God,
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