The dejected souls cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…The dejected soules cure tending to support poor drooping sinners. With rules, comforts, and…

Secondly, take this Caution, Do not mistake that to be trouble of mind for sin, which is only a trouble for some outward disaster in the World; when a man is troubled for the loss of a Child, or for the loss of an estate, many men deceive themselves, and take their worldly sorrow for spiritual trouble; which if this were true, Ahithophel should be a troubled man for sin; he came home sad and hanged himself. Then Haman should have godly sorrow, for he was troubled for crosses in the World; he came home sad, and told all his friends what had befallen him. Beloved, you must not look upon worldly trouble to be spiritual trouble: but thus do when you find the heart overwhelmed with worldly trouble; O Labour to direct it into spiritual trouble, to shed tears for sin, when thou sheddest tears for the loss of an estate; why turn that flood of tears to weep for sin, to turn the Mill of godly sorrow, to grind thy heart to powder in the sense of sin; it is a debasement to tears to be shed for every tride: Beloved, to shed tears for worldly things, it is to be prodigal of your tears.

Secondly, take this Caution, Do not mistake that to be trouble of mind for sin, which is onely a trouble for some outward distaster in the World; when a man is troubled for the loss of a Child, or for the loss of an estate, many men deceive themselves, and take their worldly sorrow for spiritual trouble; which if this were true, Achitophel should be a troubled man for sin; he came home sad and hanged himself. Then Haman should have godly sorrow, for he was troubled for crosses in the World; he came home sad, and told all his friends what had befallen him. Beloved, you must not look upon worldly trouble to be spiritual trouble: but thus do when you find the heart overwhelmed with worldly trouble; O Labour to direct it into spiritual trouble, to shed tears for sin, when thou sheddest tears for the loss of an estate; why turn that flood of tears to weep for sin, to turn the Mill of godly sorrow, to grind thy heart to powder in the sense of sin; it is a debasement to tears to be shed for every tride: Beloved, to shed tears for worldly things, it is to be prodigal of your tears.

Thirdly, take this Caution, Do not conceive that to be trouble for sin that causeth shame among men; many reprobates are troubled for sin, but why? It is not because God receives dishonour by sin; but because they shall receive shame for their sin; This is not Evangelical trouble. Many men are like Judah,