SECT. II. — The Doctrine of Repentance

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 firſt be ſeen, before it can be wept for, - +

Hence Iinfer,. where there is no ſight of fin;there can be no Repentance. Many.

who can ſpy faults in others, ſee none in themſelves: They cry, they-bave good

Such is the caſe of a finner, his body and foul live together, walk together, yet he 19unacquainted with himſelf ; He knows not his own heart, nor what an Hell he carries about him. Under a vail a de-

formed face 1s hid. Per{ons are yailed

oyer with ignorance,and ſelf-loye,there-

fore ſee not what deformed ſouls they # bayve. The Devil doth with them as the Faulkner with the Hawk,blindsthem,and

carries them hooded to Hell, Zach.1 1-17. The ſword: ſhall be upon his right ege, Men "id have

'1 13 7 bethink themſelves *. A man muſt firſt re- * wre-

qua pecca- ror Ly le

redit, ac - Priſtinams - animi ſeri ſenriam im melius mu.

rat. Muſcal.

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) hearts; Were it not ſtrange that two. - thould live together, and eat and drink

together, yet not know. one. another ?.

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x4 The Dotdrine of Repentance: . FT | have infight enough into. worldly mat«

..,-,.. ters,but the eye of therr mindis ſmitren;

- » Ier | they ſeenotany evil in ſin *. The ſword is += 008 apox their vight eye.

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SECT. II.

2 Ingre- 2, H E ſecond Ingredient into: Re- pentance, 1s, Sorrow for Sin®.

En Pfal, 38.18. Iwill be ſorry for ty fix. Aox-

broſe calls ſorrow the 1mbittering' of the

ſoul. The Hebrew word tobe forrow--

1 ful, fignibes to have the ſoul as it were IN? orucified *. This muſt be in trae Repen* tance, Zach. 12.10, They ſhall look #pow

me whom they have p_ and i4durr.

As if they 5 fee} the nails of the Croſs

| ſticking in their fides, A woman may' aswell expect to have a child withour {;,, | pangs, as one can have Repentancewith-- E11] F--1 ; out torrow. He that can beheve with- 1}; | * ontdoubting, ſuſpe& his faith ; and'he { _thatcan repent without ſorrowing, ſu-

ſpect his Repentance.

£ Marty- receffun- penitents ſhed tears for ſin, Luk. 7.38. She. oem Poo Jeſus feet weeping*, See how this penirenres Iachrymas, — * Quaſi tota ia lachrymas refolurs. © limbeck

Martyrs ſhed blood for Chriſt *, and' if

"*F. - The Doftrine of Rejpentance: 85 3 $ limbeck dropped : the ſorrow of her | heart ran Qut at her cyc on Triſticia ex cognirlone | The brozen lavor for he pecenciortas ſalucaris ef Prie S to waſh In » Exod. 2 rar | genuing *=+ 30: 18. did tipifie a double nt 000 Braga lavor : The lavor of Chriſts blood we X Xx muſt waſh in by Faith; and the lavor of tears we muſt waſh in by Repentance. A true Penitentiary labours to work his | heart joto a ſorrowing frame 3 he bleſ- ſeth God when he can weep + he is glad of a rainy-day : He knows 'tis a Repen- . 8] tance he ſhall have no cauſe to re - 4] of *, Thoughthe bread of ſorrow bebit-

b tex. to the taſte, yet, it ſtrengthens the

b- This ſorrow for fin 1s not facil : It is TJ} an holy Agony : 'Tis called in Seripture 0 a breaking of the heart, ?/al.,5 1+ 17. The MN « $4crifices of God, are a broken heart : Anda aj rending of the heart, Joe/2.13.Kend your , | th 4bearts*. The expreflions of ſmiting of the dee duplex WW thigh, Jer. 31. 19. knocking onthe breaſt, > M0 Lak 19.13. priting on of ſackcloth, Iſa. non abſo- "I 22.12. plucking off the bair,Ezra 9.3, What nm et; a8 are all theſe, but outward ſigns of in- foe *\ | ; "IM Ve- 2 f ſtimentorum, poſterius metaphoricum, reſpe&u cordis , quod ark di- citur quando ſenſu peccatorum & irz Dei eft anxium - & conritum,

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- 216 The DoBrine of Repentante! ward ſorrow. This ſorrow muſt be, |

I. I. To make Chriſt precious: O how

deſirable is a Saviour to a troubled ſoul ! ;

Now-Chriſt is Chriſt indeed, and mercy

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fundic De- is Mercy indeed. Till the heart be full:

us Olcum of compuntion, it is not fit for Chriſt *; diz nic in HOW welcome is a Chyrurgion to- a man ves contri> that 1s bleeding of his wounds: = ” x 'This - ſorrow is to drive out fin:

| "i Sin breeds ſorrow, and ſorrow kills ſin: *gt

Holy ſorrow is the Axberb to purge 'out - '

the ill humours of the-ſoul. - It is faid; that the tears of Vine-branches are good tocure the Leproſie. Sure it is, tears that drop from the penitent, are good to cure the leproſie of fin. Salt water of tears kills the worm of conſcience.

Iid comfort, Pſal. 126. 5. They that ſow in '

tears, ſhall reap in joy; The penitent hath

a wet ſeed-time, but a delicious harvelt:

Repentance breaks the impoſthume of

| fin, and then the ſoul is at eaſe. Harnab