. 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, yet no change of heart. '':2, Another Deceit about Repentance, 1s, reſolution againſt ſin. A perſon may purpoſe and make vows, yet be no pen1- tent, Jer, 2,20. Thou ſaidſt, I will not tranſgreſs. Here wasa reſolution ; but lee what follows 3 #=der every green tree. thou Payedſt the Harlot. Notwithſtanding her ſolemn engagements, ſhe played fait and looſe with God, and ran after her Idols. We ſee by experience when a per- ſonis on his fick-bed, what proteſtations will he make if God recover him again, yet he 1s as bad as ever: He ſhews his old beart-in a new tem tation. Reſulu- tion againſt, finmay ari(e, |
I. From preſent extremity ; not be- cauſe (inis ſinful, but becauſe it is patnful, This Reſolution will vaniſh. 3:1;2, ReſoJugion ayainſt fin may ariſe
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from fear of future evi]; an apprehen- lion of death and Hell, Kew.6.8. I looked,
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ter him? What will not a ftcles do'? what vows will he not make, when he knows he muſt die and ſtand before the Judgement feat ? Selt-love raileth a fick- bed vow, and love of fin will prevail againſt it. Truſt not to apailionate refo- Jutton, it*1s raifed in a ſtorm, and will die in a calm.
3. The third Deceit about Repets tance, is, the leauing may ſinful contſes,
'Tisa great matter I confeſs to leaye fin's
So dear 1s fin toa man, that he will rathet part with a chrid than a-Juſt, 4Heah 6. 74 Shall T give the fruit of my body. for the ſo In of ry ſoul * 5 Bat In may be pnvey with, yet nO Repentance. |
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1. Arganmay part with fome fins, and keep other. As Herod reformed many things amiſs, but could riot leave his inceſt,
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The DoBrind of Repent ance. | to take another. This is to exchange a .| fin. Sin may be exchanged, and the heart 4 not changed. He who was a Prodigal | in his youth, turns an Uſurer in his old 7 ape, Allave is fold 'to a Jew, the Jew 1 ſells him to a Turk ; here is' the Maſter | changed, but he is a ſlave ſtill,” So a man || removes from ohe vice to another, but | he isa inner ſtill,
| 3. Afinmaybeleftnot ſo Such from ; ſtrength of grace,as from moral grounds. 1A —_ ſees that though ſuch a {in be for | his Tooth, yet it is not for his intereſt : It will ecclipſe his credit, prejudice his | health, impair hiseſtate 3 therefore upon rudential reaſons he gives it a diſmiſs. The true leaving of (in, 1s, when the a&tsof ſin ceafe from the infuſion: of a
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is inwardly humbled, and viſibly reform: \ ed. Fora further amplification of Re- ' pentance, kzow, that Repentance is aſpi- / ritual medicine, made up of ſix ſpecial * Tngredients 5 if apy one be left out, ig;
loſeth its vertue. - 1 tnekcd aff a x. Sight of Sin. ':,/ 545 2. Sorraw for Sin,, ;:_ 4 4
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x Ingre- 1. F*HE firſt Ingredient 1n Repen- dient. '., {| trance. ts, Sight of $in*. Thefirlk : v_ part of Chriſts Phylick is Eye:/alve, 4@; * 26.186, *'Tis the great thing noted in the | Prodigals Repentance, Lak. 15.17, He came to himſelf *; He ſaw him-
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