A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Thomas Watson, d. 1686 • SECTION 15

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← The Doctrine of Repentance

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 to be aſhamed ; the Lord wid it as 4 Tera; 7h bh Uber the eWs, Fer.'6. 15, Were —_— Phe = when they committ id Dots red. : OT _—_ - at all aſhamed, nei- ©yſoſt. The Devil bath =pa, Nothin Gem mic; ' When one of the neſs Petſecutors in Queen' Maries time * was __ ided with his bloodineſs to the Mar- +3; ay tyres Flee nothing (ſaith. he) t6 be aſhamed ; . Many, are no more aſhamed of their than King Nebachadnezzar was of his dcing turned? tograſs, Whea men have ts of Store, and foreheads of Braſs, 'tis the Devil hath taken full po ſon Fehem*,”' There is no creature capable peril i | f ſhane but man : the bruit beaſts are co, cu pe- phe] of fear and pain, but not capal le _ = ſhame * you cannot make a beaſt bluſh: Tuch do'too much reſemble the beaſts _ pho cannot bluſh for ſin. TS E I- There

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9. The Dolirineof Repentance. = I. There are ſome ſo; far from this _ | holy bluſhing, that they. ir of

their ſins; they are proud of their long

hair: Theſe are the Devils tes

1 Cor. bay I4- Doth ot Py, iſs |

you, # that if a man have. long h 8, 2 it

ſhame to him? It ePalunds the

-h ſexes. Qherogy

ſpots 3. and whatz ah

into blew ſpets ? gw. 4

_ 2. Othersare ſo far rombein

ed of fin, that they ' Jn their,

jean; 3-19. Whe glory 3 *

* 5 Jife 5 75 di . Some are aſhamc hy, Pphoporer lt that which is theix lary 3 Y eem, malle {einer mu- Are aſhamed to. be {een, wit eng hte good Book in _theig Tad 3 tour in C@R0s quam 11 others glor ry an that which | Impidis «quis verſai- their ſhame: "They look on fi

as a piece of gallantry : the {weare

thinks his ſpeech moſt gracefu}, when i

is interlarded with oaths : The drupkar

counts it a glory, that he is wi |

arink,, Iſa. 5. 22. But when men ſhallb

caſt into a Brry ſurnace, heat ſeven. time,

hotter by the breath of the Almighty,the:

let them boaſt of ſin as they ſee canſa- UG 2, | 2. Let us ſhew our peniteney, by. # Exhort. modelt bluſhing, Ezra 9.6. 0. GE, |

TheDoBlrjne of Repentanse, = ar. 3 bluſh to lift up my face. My God, there was faith; I bluſh, there waqs repertance. Hypocrites will confidently avouch God to be their God, but they know not how to _ , - —— ſhame :to 4

. our ſelves for fin, Be af- « yl 4. Wo fured, themore wo are-aſhamed Phila” _— = . of fit now, the leſs we ſhall be 906 qui fibi ſee albamed at QChriſts coming. It he ED . the fins of the godly be'men* fenkndididicic. Calvin- tioned at the day: Judgement, it will bk not be to-ſhame them, but to mapnifie | the riches of: Gods grace m' pardani 2 them. Indeed! the' wicked: ſhall-- _— albamed'at che laft day,- they ſhallfaeak . _* and hang down their! heads, but the Saints ſhall then be as without: ſpot, Ephef. 5.27. fo without ſhame ; therefore the are bid tolift wp their heads, Luk, 21, 28.

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SECT. V.

25& os fifth Ingredient unto Re- 5 Ingrtes 3 -.- F pentance, is hatred of ſin. The dient.

Schoolttien diſtinguiſh of a twofold C4m havred.- | E

| of wi Odinam

The Dodrine of Repentance: 14. __(Abominationis, Odiums, Or

hn 4 (LInnmicitie. 1.4

x Odium. Abomina-

2 | Pa: if E x. Jp ſelves for your iniquities; wp. oo MEN, is a {in-loather.

v.41, Theres an hatred of Abomination, or loathing,” Ezek. 36. 31+. Te ſhall loath 'A true pe-

If a man; loath

"1 - Ihre: that-which makes his conſcience | Dale: :'Tis more'toiloath fin, than:toleavg it.':: One may leave fin for: feas; as inza

A fiurm the Plate and Jewels are caſt over» =” . Þoard:'but the nauſatirig and' _— ; __ bf fin, argues aqeteſtation'of; 3t;, Chri 1snever loyedz:till fan; be loathed. Hear: ven. is neverionged for,till ih be loathed; E When the ſoul ſees an iliue ofblood run” b” Imp, he cries out,\Lord,: when ſball;Lhg E.- freed from this body of death” 2 When ſhall Iput off thele filthy garments of Tin, and dhe the fair aritre: of glory ſet upon my head *? Let all our ſelf-love be turned 1174 F intb (elf-leatbing. We arc'peyer;maxe

3602tÞ precious in Gods eyes, than jones. we are © Kpers in our own-/. "on

2+ There ts an honed of Enaity, There | isno better way to diſcover life than by ® motion : The eye moyes, the pulle beats.

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The DofFrine of Repertante." 5 ;

So to diſcover Repentance, there. isno better (ign,. than by an -holy antipathy againſt ſin. - Hatred (faith Cicero )is:any;. oy...

ger boiled up to an inveteracy.*. Sound: ica in- . *

"ET. - | VEtETata, Repentance begins in the love of God,, wnecgrgy

and ends inthe hatred of ſin. L{1S Tuſe. qu.

1 But how. may true batred of ſin be knownet Queii.

To f When {A mans ſpirit; 1s p {et again} Antw. I.

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