The Saints yn finnities. for finne fo much,as for other Things. To which I anfwere: There may be fome vio- lent and fuddain griefe, which may exceed grief for finne : as Davids griefe for Abfolom, but here is the difference : The griefe for finne is conftarrt and perpetual!, but the griefe for force !offs or the like, is but for the prefent. Now a Spring that runnes,and is never dry, yeelds more water . than a land flood, which for the prefent feemes greater,but is foone dried up : So griefe for finne, is like water that runs from a Spring, which con- tinues : and griefe for other things, is like a land - flood which lafts not long. Agayne, they differ in regard of the tearmes of this forrow : when a Man bath loft a friend, hee lookes on it as a total! and irrepairable loffe, and fo grieves the more : and fo in like manner, if we fhould looke on the favour of God, as a thing ir- revoakeably lo( },his griefe for this would exceed the other. But becaufe he alwayes conceives force glimpfe of Gods favour in the mid'ft of this Mourning , therfore this griefe feemes the lefie, though in regard of continuance it be greater. O ! but I have not attained to a juft Meafure of bruifednef e. If there be fuch a Meafure of bruifedneffe in thee as brings thee Home to Chrift, thou haft at- tained a fufficient Meafure to bring thee to Hea- ven. But this diftinc`tion muft beremembred, that there is a double bringing of a man Home unto Chrift. One is, when a man is brought fo far cowards Chrift,
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