Secondly, godly sorrow is a sorrow for sin as sin, 'tis a mourning rather for sin than for smart; 'tis not so much for loss of goods, lands, wife, child, credit, name, &c. but for that a holy God is offended, a righteous Law violated, Christ dishonoured, the Spirit grieved, and the Gospel blemished, &c. Peter's sorrow was godly, but Judas his sorrow was worldly; Peter mourns over the evil of sin, but Judas mourns over the evil of punishment. David mourns over his sin, Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, Psal. 51.4. And so 2 Sam. 24.10. And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people; and David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done, and now I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly. David does not cry out, take away the threatened famine, but take away the iniquity of thy servant; nor he does not cry out, take away the enemies of thy servant, but take away the iniquity of thy servant; nor he does not say, take away the pestilence from the Land, but take away the iniquity of thy servant. But now when Pharaoh was under judgments, he never cries to the Lord to take away his sins, his pride, his hardness, his obdurateness, his envy, his malice, his hatred, &c. but he cries out, take away the judgment, take away the judgment, take away the frogs, take away the lice, take away the caterpillars, &c. But under all these dreadful and amazing judgments that he was under, such a word as this never fell from his lips, take away my sin, O Lord, take away my sins; thy judgments do terrify me, but my sins will damn me, and therefore what ever becomes of my life, kingdom and crown, take away my sins and save my soul. David saw sin to be a greater evil, than flying before his enemies, ⟨p. 221⟩or than famine or pestilence was; and therefore he desires rather to be rid of his sins, than to be rid of the punishment that was due to his sin; but Pharaoh saw no such evil in sin, and therefore he cries out, take away the plague, take away the plague. And Job upon the dunghill cries out, I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Job 1does not cry out, O, I have lost all my substance, I am bereaved of all my children, I am set as naked upon the dunghill as ever I was born;
Secondly, godly sorrow is a sorrow for sin as sin, 'tis a mourning rather for sin than for smart; 'tis not so much for loss of goods, lands, wife, child, credit, name, &c. but for that a holy God is offended, a righteous Law violated, Christ dishonoured, the Spirit grieved, and the Gospel blemished, &c. Peter's sorrow was godly, but Judas his sorrow was worldly; Peter mourns over the evil of sin, but Judas mourns over the evil of punishment. David mourns over his sin, Against thee, thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, Psal. 51.4. And so 2 Sam. 24.10. And David's heart smote him after he had numbred the people; and David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done, and now I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant, for I have done foolishly. David does not cry out, take away the threatned famine, but take away the iniquity of thy servant; nor he does not cry out, take away the enemies of thy servant, but take away the iniquity of thy servant; nor he does not say, take away the pestilence from the Land, but take away the iniquity of thy servant. But now when Pharaoh was under judgments, he never cryes to the Lord to take away his sins, his pride, his hardness, his obdurateness, his envy, his malice, his hatred, &c. but he cryes out, take away the judgment, take away the judgment, take away the frogs, take away the lice, take away the caterpillars, &c. But under all these dreadful and amazing judgments that he was under, such a word as this never fell from his lips, take away my sin, O Lord, take away my sins; thy judgments do terrifie me, but my sins will damn me, and therefore what ever becomes of my life, kingdom and crown, take away my sins and save my soul. David saw sin to be a greater evil, than flying before his enemies, ⟨p. 221⟩or than famine or pestilence was; and therefore he desires rather to be rid of his sins, than to be rid of the punishment that was due to his sin; but Pharaoh saw no such evil in sin, and therefore he cryes out, take away the plague, take away the plague. And Job upon the dunghil cryes out, I have sinned, what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? Job 1does not cry out, O, I have lost all my substance, I am bereaved of all my children, I am set as naked upon the dunghil as ever I was born;
- 1Job 7.20.
