| after weeping went away, atid n4s ns moreſad, 1 Sam. 1,18, Gods troubli
the ſoul for ſin, is like the Angels
troubling the Pool, Joh. 5. 4. which made
way for healing. 2.»
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-Repentance : There is as much difierence between true and falſe forrow, as be- // I tween water inthe ſpring which 1s ſwee and water in the Sea which is briny, 1 -Apoſtle ſpeaks of ſorrowing fF be th manner, 2 Cor, 7. 9. But what 1 is this | Any ndld tidy, this godly ſorrowing ? An- {wer, There are fix lifications of it. - IT, True godly ſorrow is intrinſecal, 1. - and thattwowales: I. Itisa ſorrow of |, the heart. Hypocritey ſorrow lies in v1] their faces, Matth. 6, 16. They
(- Por: their faces * ; They . Joy proptis ya- make aſowre face, but their, & or apy
ſorrow goes no further : Like quam apparear : Iſti quo» the dew that. wets the leaf, 3<ypocricz (biſtriomm
inſtar) comtum & mundi..
but doth not ſoak to the root. tiem omnem ſubftrahe.
Aha i Re entanc J banc, illuvie & i. ualore , P ©; - P90 ſedi predeuntcs, quad 1 N4-
' outward ſbew : His gAFMENtS rivum yulcum & medio tol-
were rent, but not his ſpirit, 1<rent. Bexg.
1 Kizg.21.27. Godly ſorrow
goes deep, like a Vein which bleeds in-
wardly *. The heart bleeds for fin, A&. : Fiews
2, 37 Graedyares, T7. hey were pricked at their ling,
onde As the heart bears a chief * xetleer tr = 1. Puntim
in f1 {oit mult j In tp. wm cxdo. Sc 2, = 1s 4 {orrow OT is, "=
firſt.ebullitions and riſfi ings of fin *. Pan] * Motu
-—giicved, for the. Law in his. members, %,"*
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19 The DoQrine of Repentance. T7 Rom. 7.23. Thetrue mourner weeps for | the ſtirrings of pride and coneupiſcences
he grieves for the root of bitterneſs, though ] | It never bloſſoms into at. A wicked /
man may be troubled for ſcandalous fins 3 a real convert laments heart-fins. + **
2. Godly ſorrow is ingenuows ; it is ** more for theoffencethan the puniſhment. - { Gods Law is infringed, his love abuſed;
{ / this melts the ſoul in tears. A man may. be ſorry, yet not repent: As a thief 1s
; * ſorry when he-1s taken, not becauſe he g ſtole, but becauſe he comes under the b | pry Hypoerites grieve only for the q © bitter conſequence of ſin. I have readof a fountain that never ſends forth {ſtreams but theevening before a famine:. So their eyes never pour out tears; but
- when Gods Judgements are approaching. ||
Pharaoh was more troubled for the froggs } |
and River of blood, than for his fin. But |
_ "godly ſorrow 18 chietly for the treſpaſs |
17, againſt God 3 ſo that if there were no
/* conſcience toſmite, no Devil toaccuſe, |
. no Hell to puniſh, yet the ſoul would be , - grieved becauſe of the prejudice done A |
'to God, Pſal. 51.4. My fin is ever before
* +; / , me. David doth not ſay, the ſword, . VB [/ | threatned is ever before me, but, # EY a 0}
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4 . Oh that: ſhould offend ſo good a God,? thatT ſhould grieve my Comforter ; this -\, breaks my heart ! | $35 WY
* Godly ſorrow ſhews it {elf to be 1n- genuous, becaule when a Chriſtian knows
he ts out of the Gun-ſhot of hell, and ſhall never be damned ;'' yet {till he grieves
for ſinning againſt that free-grace which
hath pardoned him... {6 __ 3.Codly ſorrow is fiancial; it is intet- 3+ mixed with faith, Mar.g:24.Tbe Father of , thechild cryed ont,and ſaid with tears; Lord 1 believe. Here was ſorrow for {in checkered fi wet Balthge we have = a bright Rain- | ow appear in a watry cloud. x1cy;. Peiras outa ets | | *Spiritual forrow will fink ann cement - | the heart, if the pully of faith zÞirvr, fda quod fleric. ; dotli not; raiſe it. As our fin is [ ever beforeus; ſo Gods Promiſe wuſt |} * | beeverbefore us., - As we muſt feel our | < C | ſting; owe muſtlook up to _ Chriſt our brazen Serpent *. * 11!i Eyangelice refigif= 7
p cunt, qui peccati aculed Some have had their faces ;,#(« wxutcerati ; fdu-
2 | ſo ſwelld with worldly ducii anem miſcricordis © © | grief, that they could hardly << ad Dominan e 4 look out of their eyes. That - FOO 9. 7 / Weeping is not good which blinds the ege } | d. | of faith. If there be not ſome dawnings of |
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4. 4. Godly ſorrow is a great ſorrow, Zach. 12.11. Jn that day there ſhall be 4 great.
& - * Incruci- arourning, 4s the mourning. of Hadadrims —a——y mon*, Two Suns did ſet that day when maximus Joſfah died, and there was a great Fu- erat fde- neral mourning. To ſuch an height muſt Qus, qualis forrow for fin be boiled up. |
fuir in PeGore ab imo ſuſpiria y woos ft: Queſt. Whether have all the ſame degrees
Proavys & of forrow ? | : nn Anſw. No; ſorrow doth recipere magis Hie/on, Q* minus. In the new birth all haye pangs, but ſomeqhave ſharper pangs than
others. 1. Some are naturally of a' more