Chap. g. according toSt MA T T Id E Vv. IOT candle at the devil for lightfomeneffe of heart, hunting after it to hell, and haunting for it ale-houles, conventicles ofgood fellow- Chip, finfullandunfeafonable (ports, vain and waterifh fooleries, &c. when thefe mirth- mongers ( I fay ) that take pleafure in pleafure, and jeer when they fhould fear,with Lots tonnes-in-law, shall beat a foul Band, and not have whither to turn them, Ifa. 3;.14. Gods mourners (hall be able todwell With devouringfire, with ev.rlaJ ing burnings, to fluid before the tonneof man at his fecondcomming. Yea, as the lower the ebbe, the higher the tide: fo the lower any bath defcended in ,humiliation, the higher (hallhe afcend then in his exaltation. Thofè that have helped to fill Chriflsbottle with tears, Chrift (hall then fill their bottle (as oncehe did Hagars) with the water oflife , He looked back up- on the weepingwomen,& comforted them,that would not vouch- fafe a loving look, or a word to Pilate, or the Priefls. Not long Joh.l6.so_ a, before that, he told his Difciples, Te (ball indeedbe ßrrowfull,but your (irrow fball be turned intojoy. And further addeth, A Wo- man When Jfhe is in travel!, bath (rrow, &c. comparing forrow for finne, to that of a travelling woman. a. For bitterneffe and tharpnetfe for the time, throwsof the new birth. 2. For utility and benefit : it tendeth to the bringing a man -childe forth into the world. 3. For the hope andexpebatíon that is in ic, not only of an end, but altoof fruit ; this makes joy in the midft of bor- rows. 4. There is a certain time fèt for both, anda Pure fucceflì- on, as ofday after night, and of fair weather after foul. Mourn- ing lafteth but till morning : Though 1fall, I 'hall arife; though PfaI.30. s. Ifit in darloef fe,. theLord (bailgive me light, faith the Church. Micah 7.8. fabes was more honourable then his brethren, faith the Text, for his mother bare him with borrow, and called his name7abes, that I Chron,q,q, is, (irrowfull. But whenhe called upon the God of Ifrael, and ' 0. faid, Oh that thou wouldff bleff'e me indeed, andenlargemy coat, &c. God granted him that which he rcqueffed. And to he will all Inch Ifraelites indeed, as ask the way CO Zion, with their fa- ces thitherward, going and Weeping as theygoe, m feel¿ the Lord 'el.' 5°4'5' their God. he (hall wipeall tears from their eyes (as Ludes do: from their babes that cry after them) and enlarge, not theircoafts (as 7abes) but their hearts ( which is better) yea,he (hall grant them their requefls, as him. So that as Hannah ( when ale had praid, and Eli for her) the looked nomore fad : yea, as David whenhecame before God in a woe-cafe many times, yet when 1 s,n.T.16, H 3 he 11111111 ,
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