England's preservation or, a sermon discovering the onely way to prevent destroying judgements

2. The formall Ingredients.

HEreupon followes the second principall work∣ing which formally makes up Evangelicall Contrition, and it is (1. Pudor. 2. Dolor,) shame and griefe: Such kindnesse from the mercy-seate makes him now as Ephraim, confounded and ashamed, and his heart to breake into most melting flouds of teares, that ever he should bee so monstrously vile to offend such tender and gracious bowels of mercy, which hee now apprehends yerning towards him in and through Christ. As before, the apprehensions of divine wrath did distract and shiver him, so now the apprehensions of divine love doe totally dissolve and melt him; though there were not Heaven hereafter to Crowne him, yet he must grieve, and though there were not Hell hereafter to burne him, yet he must ex∣ceedingly mourn for sinning against such a God.

This is that right Evangelicall Contrition which I presse for at this time! called in Scripture, a softnesse of heart, and a contrite Heart, and a mourning, and a bitter mourning, and a great mourning, like that of Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddon: which Saint Ambrose calls (Cor liquescens) an heart melting, and dissolving, and Saint Hierome (magnum planctum) an exceeding lamenting; and St. Austin (grave lamen∣tum) a very heavie griefe.

The Casuists and Schoolmen affirme it to bee the greatest of all sorrows. 1. In conatu, the whole soule seemes to send springs into it out of every faculty. 2. In extensione, It is a spring which in this life (more or lesse) is continually dropping. 3. In appreciatione,

the changed soule doth ever judge that a good God offended, should be the prime cause of greatest sor∣row, and Lastly, In intensione, For Intension of dis∣plicence in the will, there being no o••her things, with which, or for which the will is more displeased with it selfe then for sinning against God. And therefore some of the Schoolemen propounding this question whether there should be more griefe for sin, then for the p••ssion of Christ? Resolve it Affirmatively, that there is more cause of griefe for sinning, then for the death of Christ: and their reason is this, because in the death of Christ there was (Aliquid placens) Something that did please God, so farre as it was a Redemption, but sin is (simpliciter displicens) there is nothing in it which is not altogether displeasing un∣to God, consider it formally as sin.

Notes

• Ingredients of heart breaking two Ier. 31, 19.
• Zac. 12. 10, 11.
• Sorrow for sin the great∣est sorrow in 4. respects. Adrianus. Scotus. Soto.
• Sot in 4. Sent. d. 17. q. 2. art. 4.