Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

First, the work of humiliation if it be right, the principle of it is the melting work of the Gospel in the ¹soul, the sweetness of the goodness, and mercy of God in Jesus Christ melting the heart, and causing it to dissolve, and fall down under the hand of God; certainly that which comes from such a sweet principle, cannot have much bitterness in it.

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Secondly, the soul in the work of humiliation, melting before the Lord, eases it self in that melting ¹of abundance of sin; and much sweetness there must needs be in those tears that ease the soul of, and deliver the soul from much sin.

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Thirdly, in the work of humiliation there is much delight, because the soul hath much delight in looking ¹back to that sorrow it hath had; and if godliness ²makes mourning to be delightful, what does it make rejoicing to be?

Thirdly, in the work of humiliation there is much delight, because the soul hath much delight in looking ¹back to that sorrow it hath had; and if godliness