A care-cloth

Whatsoever thing David did ask in the former verses (and now in this verse doth lay, as it were, the foundation of his hopes to attain the same, upon the remembrance of these his tears before God) that are we bold in Gods name to promise assuredly to every one that can speak the same thing of himself. Dost thou mourn for the sins of other men? Then will God look upon thee, and be merciful unto thee, as he useth to do to them, that love his name; for thou also lovest his name. Doth thine eye drop down tears, because men keep not Gods Law? Then will he order thy steps in his Word, neither shall any iniquity have dominion over thee. Doth thy soul lament bitterly the common sins? Then will he deliver thee from the oppression of men, that thou mayest keep his precepts? Doth thine heart mourn for the public offences of those, with whom thou livest? Then will God make his face to shine upon thee his servant, and will teach thee his Statutes. In a word; Strivest thou to perform this service, of which, David maketh profession in this verse? Then shalt thou certainly obtain all those benefits, for which he made his humble petition in the former verses. Wherefore ⟨p. 258⟩let these Rivers of tears become streams of comfort, wherein thy soul may bathe it self, with much content. Godly sorrow is the mother of sound Joy; these tears are the proper seeds of heavenly comfort, whereas carnal joy doth end in sorrow, and that crackling mirth of sinners being extinguished, shall leave them frozen in horror and amazement. Wherefore reap you the comfort of the seed you have sown, and as the seed was precious, so let the crop be; and as the seed was abundant, so let the harvest. From this duty mayest thou infallibly collect, that thy charity was sound and plentiful. This duty will prove certainly, that thine hatred of sin was hearty and earnest, and, I suppose, it may go in the reckoning of one of the most infallible notes of Gods child.

Whatsoeuer thing Dauid did aske in the former verses (and now in this verse doth lay, as it were, the foundation of his hopes to attaine the same, vpon the remembrance of these his teares before God) that are we bold in Gods name to promise assuredly to euery one that can speake the same thing of himselfe. Dost thou mourne for the sinnes of other men? Then will God looke vpon thee, and bee mercifull vnto thee, as he vseth to doe to them, that loue his name; for thou also louest his name. Doth thine eye drop downe teares, because men keepe not Gods Law? Then will he order thy steps in his Word, neither shall any iniquitie haue dominion ouer thee. Doth thy soule lament bitterly the common sinnes? Then will he deliuer thee from the oppression of men, that thou mayest keepe his precepts? Doth thine heart mourne for the publike offences of those, with whom thou liuest? Then will God make his face to shine vpon thee his seruant, and will teach thee his Statutes. In a word; Striuest thou to performe this seruice, of which, Dauid maketh profession in this verse? Then shalt thou certainely obtaine al those benefits, for which he made his humble petition in the former verses. Wherfore