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  ALL TEARS OF GODLY SORROW DROP FROM THE EYE OF FAITH
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: Godly sorrow is the fruit of evangelical faith, flowing from a
look of faith upon a pierced Christ.

Topics: "Godly Sorrow", "Faith in Christ"
Scripture References: Psalm 51:17, Isaiah 53:5, Zechariah 12:10, Matthew 5:4, Luke 22:62, John 19:37, Romans 5:8, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Hebrews 12:2, 1 John 1:9

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DESCRIPTION
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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that all godly sorrow stems from evangelical
faith, illustrating that true mourning arises from a heartfelt gaze upon
the pierced Christ. He explains that the depth of one's sorrow
correlates with the depth of faith, as the more one perceives Christ's
wounds, the more one mourns for their sins. Brooks asserts that God's
free love and mercy, revealed through Christ, is the source of all
genuine sorrow, as it compels the heart to lament over sin. He contrasts
the fear of condemnation with the transformative power of witnessing a
bleeding Savior, which evokes sincere mourning in the believer's heart.

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CONTENT
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"They shall look upon Him whom they have pierced--and

shall mourn." Zechariah 12:10

All godly sorrow is the fruit and effect of evangelical faith.

Godly sorrow flows from faith--as the stream from the fountain,

the branch from the root, and the effect from the cause. All

gracious mourning flows from looking, from believing. Nothing

breaks the heart of a sinner like a look of faith. All tears of

godly sorrow drop from the eye of faith. Godly sorrow

rises and falls--as faith rises and falls. The more a man is

able by faith to look upon a pierced Christ--the more his

heart will mourn over all the dishonors which he has done

to Christ. The more deep and wide the wounds are, which

faith shows me in the heart and sides of Christ--the more

my heart will be wounded for sinning against Christ.

The free love and favor of God, and His unspeakable goodness

and mercy manifested in Jesus Christ to poor sinners--is the

very spring and fountain of all evangelical sorrow. Nothing

breaks the heart of a poor sinner like the sight of God's free

love in Christ, the Redeemer. A man cannot seriously look upon

the firstness, the freeness, the greatness, the unchangeableness,

the everlastingness, and the matchlessness of God's free favor

and love in Christ--with a hard heart, or with dry eyes! It is

only such a love as this, which sets the soul a-mourning and

a-lamenting over a crucified Christ.

The fears of wrath, of hell, and of condemnation--works unsound

hearts to mourn. But it is the sight of a bleeding, dying Savior--

which sets sincere, gracious souls a-mourning.

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