Sermons upon Psalm CXXX, ver. 4 but there is forgiveness with thee, that thou…

There is a godly Sorrow, of which the Holy Spirit is the Spring. 'Tis the Promise of God to his People, I will pour forth the Spirit of Grace and Supplication upon the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, and they shall see him whom they have pierced, and mourn over him, as one mourns for the Death of his First-born. The Persuasive of our Sorrow is answerable to its Principle. The serious Contemplation of our bleeding dying Saviour, is a spiritual and powerful Motive to melt us into the Tears of Repentance. How congruous is it, if the Purchase of our Pardon cost our Saviour his bloody Agony, that the applying of the Pardon to us should cost us the most bitter Sorrow? Divine Grief is more from the Memory of the Evils we have committed against our heavenly Father, than from the Evils we suffer. Carnal Sorrow is barren and unprofitable. It may be said of it, what the wise Preacher says of wild Mirth, What dost thou? only that Sorrow that comes from Heaven is accepted there: One spiritual Tear ⟨p. 91⟩is of more Value and Efficacy with God than a Torrent of natural Sorrow.

There is a godly Sorrow, of which the Holy Spirit is the Spring. 'Tis the Promise of God to his People, I will pour forth the Spirit of Grace and Supplication upon the Inhabitants of Jerusalem, and they shall see him whom they have pierced, and mourn over him, as one mourns for the Death of his First-born. The Perswasive of our Sorrow is answerable to its Principle. The serious Contemplation of our bleeding dying Saviour, is a spiritual and powerful Motive to melt us into the Tears of Repentance. How congruous is it, if the Purchase of our Pardon cost our Saviour his bloody Agony, that the applying of the Pardon to us should cost us the most bitter Sorrow? Divine Grief is more from the Memory of the Evils we have committed against our heavenly Father, than from the Evils we suffer. Carnal Sorrow is barren and unprofitable. It may be said of it, what the wise Preacher says of wild Mirth, What dost thou? only that Sorrow that comes from Heaven is accepted there: One spiritual Tear ⟨p. 91⟩is of more Value and Efficacy with God than a Torrent of natural Sorrow.