l9ó Z. Pauls Con»erhn. is likewife required of godly forrow, to be fenfi- ble ofpunifhment; but there is another light put into him, whereby he fees into the uncleanenefïc of finne : he fees finne in its owne dye , not onely finne, to be finne, but finne to be vile ; and here- upon he will not content himfelfe with mercy,un- leffe he may have grace : but the other cares not if he may be free from punifhment , whether hee hath firength againft corruption or no. Secondly, you (hall know it by the continuance of it : godly forrow is confiant, but worldly for - ro,v is but a pafïion of the mind; it changes,it lasts not , though for the prefent it may be violent and thong, and worke much outwardly, yet it comes but by fits, and continues not ; like a land flood, which violently for the prefent over-flowes the bankes, but it will away againe, it is nor alwaycs thus: but the godly forrow is like a fpring that Rill keepes his running, it is not dryed up, but runnes (till, it is not fo violent as the other, but it is more fare : you (hall have it (till running both Winter and Summer, wet and dry, in hot and cold, earely and late ; fo this godly forrow is the fame in a regenerate man (till, take him when you will, he is (till forrowing for finne, this godly for- row it Rands like the center of the earth, which removes nor, but (till remaines. Thirdly, you (hall know it by the fuccefie, and event of it , it will turne the heart unto Chritt , it will make the heart ftand more firme in grace, it will turne the whole frame of the foule unto God like
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