PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Doctrine of Repentance
Thomas Watson, d. 1686 · 41,418 words · 49 reading sections
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2 Bi Repentance, _ Uſeful for theſe Times. <p", mae, Miniſter of the he Goſpel, TC” = 1 will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy *Gold-n Candleſtick out of bis place xx thox repent, Revel. 2. 5. — > ——— ——— — J<—.. —— Nemo poteft bene agere poeaitentiam, nifi qui | 3 20 indulgentiam. Ambroſe de Panit. I,…
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are yet behind, we caxnot tell. Our black © and Hideous Vapours having aſcended , w@® may fear loud Thunder-claps ſhould follow x and will not all this bring us to our wits, and excite in us a Spirit of humiliation? Shall we ſleep on the top of the Maſt when the | winds are blowing from all the quarters of »" Heaven f …
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.did ſwim to ſhore-on planks, and broken : we all. ſuffered ſhipwrack, and Repen- dom * live by bis Faith, So that there muſt be * Tabils *ranceis the only plank left us after { Ip- | © $+-6-4j wrack to ſwim to Heaven *. | ' De, Itisagreat duty incumbent upon Chri- ſtianss, {ejemnly to repent and turn unto, God…
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. TheDoGrine of Repentance. be a terrified ſinner, and another thin to be A —_ ſinner. Senſe of guilt is enough to breed terrour ; infuſion of grace breeds Repentance. If pain and trouble were ſufficient to Repentance, then the damned in Hell ſhould be moſt — for they are molt in anguiſh. heart. There may be terrour, y…
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The DoFrine of Repentance. cognize and conſider what his fin is, an know the plague of his heart, ere he canbe duly humbled for it. The firſt creature God made was Light: So the firſt thing in a penitent is 11lumination, Epheſ. 5. 8. Now ye are light in the Lord, The eye is made both for ſeeing and weeping, Sin muſt f…
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| after weeping went away, atid n4s ns moreſad, 1 Sam. 1,18, Gods troubli the ſoul for ſin, is like the Angels troubling the Pool, Joh. 5. 4. which made way for healing. 2.» —_ Burt it 1s not all ſorrow evidenceth true... ba Repentance.: - F »þ . The Do@rine of Repent ante. -Repentance : There is as much difie…
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rugged morole diſpoſition, of higher ſpirits, and are not eaſily brought. to o0p; theſe muſt have greater humilia- tion: As aknotty piece of timber mult have greater wedges driven into it, * 2. Some have beet more hainous offen- ders, and ſuitable to their fin muſt therr ſorrow be. ' Some Patients have their” ſo…
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3. But if a man hath wronged another, and he be not able to reſtore, what ſhall he do in this caſe ? | | Let him deeply humble himſelf before - God, promiſing tothe patty wronged(if ... the Lord make himable)full ſatisfaction, :-:7 and God will accept of the will for the _ deed. | | 6. Godly ſorrow is abiding. It …
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' But have not wicked men confeſſed fin, 4 as Judas and Saul? yes, but. theirs was not a true confeſſion. '- That confeſſion .of fin may be right and genuine, theſe eight qualifications are requiſi te, «+ > £2 301 It muſt be obentary *; 1t muſt come * Et aus "US Water Out" of a ſpring, freely. The animi £- onfeſfiot of…
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The Doftrime of Repemtance. " 2r of our nature is wholly from- our ſelves; we cannot ſhift it off to Satan : we havea root within that bears gall and wormwood, Dext. 29. 18, Our nature 1s neyow1guro; an abyſſe- and ſeminary of all evil 3 from heiice come thoſe ſcandals that" infelt the . world. 'Tis this pravity ofnatu…
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-. = , "of his fins, hypocrites make the beſt 'gf . ©***- 7} them 5: they do not deny they are ſinners, +: 2.) | but'yet do what they.can.to- Jeflen their -- - | fits; they indeed offend: ſometimes,-Bitt _ |\4ris their nature, and it-is long-of ſuch /-occations. Theſe are rather excuſes than confeſſions, I Sam. 15-24, …
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in Hell we cannot pay it 3 that Gad ſhould | appoint his own $on ta Jay down. his; blood for the payment of our debt, how * js free-grace magnified; and Jeſus Chriſt: eternally loved and admired ! & OG. - Confeſſion of ſin makes way for - YDumag- pardon *. No ſooner did the Prodigat | yoſcit bo- come with a confeſſion …
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| to make confeſhon. The Scorpion carries "his poi ſ{6n'in his tail 3 the ſfanderer in his -- | tongue; his words pierce deep like the 18 | quills 1 who hath'murdered another in his good 1 name, or by bearing falſe witn | _— | damaged. of the Porcupine. That perſon eſs, bath! | hath'made it weigh ?:;ghter, he i…
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ang his face.not bluſh? - - .:...+; . rae: Many; has which we commit, are by the ſpecial, inſtigation. of the Devil, and will not this gaule ſhame 2 , The _—_ vil put it into Jxdes his heart co betray Chriſt,Job,13 13.-2,,:He filled. Ananias heart ; tolye, AG, FM 3. He 'often. ſtirs up our paſſions, Jaze. 3.6. Now:…
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Fay Place where his fellow hangs in ; Und ſutely if we have out-ttnn'd he D evifh it nie well put ys to the ufh:. Wigs B thame' "an Toptefenei into Rep en- Ulc r, =, than how farare* they from being ſeivyents, who'have no ſhare > man finhed away ſbattie, Zeph, 3 5. The wfaſt knoweth noſhame*It is a great! {ſhame © not …
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fin. | The; tongue, doth not only /inveigh inſt/fin,*but; che heart abhers.16 *. {$0 +» 2 $5@* that. let, fin. he never ſo curiouſly pajng- refigic ed; it is odious. As we abhor the piire ?aficms 4 n tercus ab of one wham we mortally hate, though clezab- itbe exactly drawn. "© horrers es peenirens 3-- % uuRD , ye PE…
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! Mead! y antipathy between the Scor- 010T _ the "644 ſuch ſhould thexe he:betweenithe heart and fin. 1\What.is there in [i ſin that may make a pe Queſt. nitent hate '7 3-0 aj is, the cared thing *, the moſt mif- Anſe, zapen 'Mgqnſter. - The. Apoſtle uſeth .z3 Yn ;emphatical word to expreſsit, Rows vhs 7.13. 1hat fin m…
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44 a6; na > i won ad OE A OE INE o w_ The Dofrine of Repentance.; T'Naw. if the giving a man up to his figs(in Ftheaccount of God himſelf) is the moſt dreadful evil, then fin is far worſe than affliction's and if ic;be fo, then how ſhould itbe hated by us | - +17 4-4 i& + 2-Compare fin with Hell, and youtſhall ſeeaha…
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ward : So that a man before was "failing Hell-ward, the contrary wind of *\the Spirit blows, and turns his courſe, Hand cauſeth him to ſail Heaven-ward. ” : Ehryſe oſtom ſpeaking of the Ninjvites Re- tance, faith, that had a ſtranger who: had ſeen Ninevebr excel; s, gone after they repented it& the City, it was ſo m…
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| peenigens, Qui adhuc agirt quod parnitet. 1/idor. * Pſal. 85 8. A fearful in. For 1. It is againit clear ' + - . light: He whodid once leave his fin, it 1s tobe {uppoſed he felt it bitter in the '*T pangs obconſcience, yet he returned'to 4 4 & nic but they have returned to their fins. a \, o 3 ry 0 A tb "IS >. …
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2 Eranc®, © Jt reproves ſuch whaſg..turning:is as .: | : goodasno turning 3 who have one Dial « goes out of them, and. another: enter they turn from ſwearing.to. flandering, from profuſeneſs to covetouſneſs:*Like * a fick man that turns from atertian Ague | | to a quartan. Such turning will turn men to Hell. % Uſe 3. L…
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ſolute way, whether they repent or no. It ever Chriſt bring men to Heaven, it ſhall be thorow Hell gates, Act. 5.31. . Him hath God exalted to be a Prince and ng par- dons Rebels, not if they perfiſt in- open defiance, but if they relent, and yield themſelves tothe mercy of their Prince. 4. There 1s agreat deal of equi…
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whe, Chryſ. de pen. neſs of conſcience, 1 Timi442. F | a - Hiving their' conſcience ſeated * Cauteriatam conſci= 1:1; ,, hot-Iron*. Men have entiam vecat Apoſtolus _ f . This | cam que ſenſum peccari ſilenced their conſciences;%and argon _— cau- God hath ſeared them...” And I Fr PA" now he lets them fin, and doth …
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The Do@rine af Repentance, finners in Brittagiz do even ſend God a challenge, Job 15. 25. They ſtrengthex them ſelves againſt the Almighty ; they Fan wpon him even on his neck, on the thick boſſes of his bycklers, The boſles in the buckler are for offence 1n war. Godspre- cepts and threatnings are as it were the thick …
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circumvention: inſtead of Jiving by : their faith,they hve by their /hifps. Theſe by this artifice they may grow rich. I _- = 0 - F ” > F ” 2 wo , y COU WFCCPCTT TIP Roy Y'Y x - 4» * Ile "morbus Vix et tance LA fanabilis qui ſanitarem 1mitatur. ” Quiſe meliores exiſti- they who * need #0 Repertance, manrt 2 pier…
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Such as are guilty of prevailing Hypo- crile, let them fear and tremble, their conditionis finful and ſad. 1. -Sinful, be- cauſe. they do not embrace Religion out - of: choice, but deſign 3 they ,do not love it, only paint it. 2. Sad, and that upon a double account. 1. Becauſe this art of 2 deceit cannot hold long *. H…
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The DoFrine of Repentance. | to God, Nu+#b.30. 1. Chriſtians, have not tenf you ſince you have been bound to God, forfeited your Indentures ? | Have not you ſerved for common uſes after you Lokiona the Lords by ſolemn dedica- tion ? Thus bybreach of vows,you have made a breach 1n your peace. Surely this calls for a fre…
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tyed 3 though the {ſtock of fin ſpends, | yet it is pot-at all diminiſhed ; the more 2; 4a we | | which may be another wedge to break + © Y our hearts, is, that original fin doth mix | with the very habits of grace. Hence it ' | is, our atings towards Heaven 'are ſo dull and languid. Why doth faith act > | no ſtronger…
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. The DoFrine of Repentance. a voice, P/al. 6.8. Hear the woice of &y Peeping. ices to God. That is Gods ſavoury meat, hich is ſeaſoned with the b:#ter hearbs of podly forrow. Hearing of the word s then good, when we are pricked the heart, 4G.2.37. Prayer is de- tghtful to God, when it aſcends from #he Altar of a-brok…
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2 G UY WW YT” J5 OD 2, 5 & TER WT. 308 UY Pre TY ST I'Y OF "5 ow VTtTY FY The Do@rine of Regent ance. 7. Repentance i the in-let to ſpiritual lefliogs 5 it helps to enrich us with acez it cauſeth the defart to bloſſom as be Roſe * 5 1t makes the ſoul as the Egyp- in fields after the overflowing of Nzlws, puriſhing an…
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The Doitrine of Repentance. ; tears from us, which drew blood from Chriſt 2 Shall we ſport any more with ſin} | and ſo rake in Chriſts wounds ? Oh thas Y by Repentance we could crucifie owir ſins afreſh ! The Jews ſaid to Pilate, Joh, 19.12. If thou let this man go. thou art #0t Ceſars friend, If we let our fins go, an…
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ofa pENi- renria, O Virgo am= plectanda , O ſecunda nautragi rabula ; miſeroruny auxilium, {pes cxu- Iual yj- tiorum ſe eras, ſanas, I 5: It were Iron 1t might be mollified in the - furnace; but a Stone punt in the fire will |. Impenitency is a fin grieves Chriſt, Mark; 3. 5.' Being gr:eved for the hardneſs of their…
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The DoFrine of Repentance. RY "Oo 7 The time is not yet come, .No man almoſt isſo bad, but purpoleth he will amend, but he adjourns and prorogues 10 long, till at Jaſt all his purpoſes prove abor. , tive *, Many are now in Hell that pur- oa; =, poſed to repent. Satan doth what he — can to keep men from Repentance : whe…
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an hoc nd. "= WW WY FER milk. as 6 we =, in £ | The DoGrine of Repentance.' team cannot remove it: *'Tis hard to re- move {in when once it comes to be root” ed... The. longer the Ice freezeth, the harder it is to be broken : the longer a man freezeth in ſecurity, the harder ir will be to have his heart broken: the l…
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row *; and that day he was ſlain, Thus, while men' this to {pin out their filver thred, death curs it. Olays Magnus” ob- ſerves of the Birds of Norway, that they fly faſter than the. Birds ct any other Ceuntry 5 not tit their wings are lwit- rer than others, but by an initine of na- xure, they knowing the daies in that…
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| fin; he pour$ out tears before the Lord 3 - he begs -mercy in the Name of Chriſt; and never leaves till he hath gotten his” rac Here he is cleared of guilt jw is conſcience, and is able to make an Apology for himſelf againſt Satan. 2 Effett. -B Indignatiant. He that repents of ſ11, * Perniten. his ſpirit riſeth again…
903 wordsSECTION 37CHAP. XII.
* Turpatida eft facies ( inquit Paula) quart + contra 'Dei prxceprum .. } purpuriſſs, ceruffa} & © 3 ybio ſxpe depinxi, 'at* | *Þ fi:ogendum. eſt | obepus 2 quod multis vacavit de- 7 litiis 4 mollia & ſara pretiofiſſima aſperitare co nmutanda, Herom. in equs Epitaph; [ ad "3 1 i = | —_ *.. <4 *, q We” "IE ODT. a i _…
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Tr oo Book, 1/a. 43- 25- *. Some move the que» dc! n ens, . 4% * . ſtion, whether the ſins of the godly ſhall be mentioned at the laſt day 2: The Lord ſaith, he will wot remember them ; and he / 1s Vlotting them out: So that if their * fſinsbe mentioned, it ſhall not be to their prejudice, for the debt-book is croll…
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bids men repent, they fay, wherefore ſhould they repent? the know nothing they have done amiſs. Surely no diſeaſe worſe. than that which is ApopleCtical. repent: 'It is but ſaying a few prayersz a , Or a Lord hive Ce and the work is done. This conceit of the eafj- neſs of Repentance, is a great hinderance to'it. That w…
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The Dd@rine of Repentante. | «£6 is accidentally the cauſe of many a ones ruine : Becauſe of mercy men preſume, and think they may go on in fn: But, ſhould'a Kings clemency make his fab- | Fes rebel > The Plalmiſt faith, there 33 mercy with God, that he mu be feated, Pſal. 230.4. but not that 'we may fin. Canmen expe…
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Our (ins are mountains, and how ſhall theſe ever be caſt into the Sea? Where unbelief repreſents fin in its bloody co- lours, and God in his Judges Robes, the ſoul 'will ſooner fly trom him, than to him: This is dangerous : Other finsneed mercy, but deſpair rcjed&s mercy 3 it ys L throws I45 * Inveni: in Viri: Can. …
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1s, immoderate love of the world. No wonderEzekzels hearers were hardned in- to rebellion , when their heart went after caveteuſueſs, Exo%. 33.31. The world doth ſo engroſs mens time, and bewitch their affections, that they cannot repent 3 they bad rather put gold in their bag, than tears in Gods bottle, I hayeread of …
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Th ioliev of paar. s@ 5s eyes, that he cannot ſee, and then he ſtrikes him with his tallons* : So Satan * Pliny. wounds them with his darts of tempta= #4 + tion, Is fin ignorance? there's great -5.Sin is apiece ofdeſperateneſs.In every 5+ tranſprefſion, a man rans an apparent hazard of his ſoul ; he treads upon the…
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3 Fudg: 5.26. Sin firſt courts, and then kills: *'Tis firſt a Fex, and then a Lion; JS Whomloever. fin; kifleth, 1t betrates. I. Thoſe Zocyfts in the Revelations, are the perfe&t Hieroglyphicks and emblems of fins Or their heads were as it were Crowns : like gold. and they had hair as women. and ' their teeth were a…
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F, afwordtokill himſelf. AF. 16; 27. The ©. ſoul may cry out, It amt murieving; "Nas *Accipicer FX . curaliſtsfay, the Hawk chafethitey drink fanguinem MW [8 blood, rather than water* : $0 findrinks Jpic Haw #14 . the blood of ſouls. , DAnEEgUY' 4; 2 457 - 7.9. Sin is a ſpititual death, FpBeſ. 2.7. 19s 17 Dread i…
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his enemy ? we have been enemies, yet God hath fedus ; he hath given us the horn of Oy1; he hath'made the hony-comb of mercy drop upon us. God hath been as kind tous; as if we had been his beft Tervants3 and will not this ſupplying fmercy lead us to Repentance ? | 2.Delivering mercy. When we have been *YY at natched…
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77) The Daitrineof Repertance. | iudgemepts:£0 77 circuit, from family to Jcgems 7 e cup of affliction hath gone round:nthe Nation, all have caſted ts ' 5 and if we, repent not now, we ſtandina - conterppt; of God, and do interpretative” ly bid Gad do his worſt; and ſuch, a cli- max of wickedneſs will bardly be par- do…
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* Wirit, I will beſtow my love upon thee, [ill give thee a Kingdom 5 Sor, all 7 ve is thine *. O my friends; do but * Tua ſunr Lompare your eſtate before Repentance, boca | 21nd after Repentance together. . Before raria, hzc #four repenting, there are nothing bur 44 m_ þ Alouds to be ſeem and ſtorms; clouds in ad flea.…
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and let us be in earneſt , not as Fencers, but Warriers. I will conclude all with - that of the Pſalmiſt, Pſal, 126.6. He that \ goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious | ſeed, ' doubtleſs come Hcy rej oycing, bringing his ſheaves with…
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