A Brighter Day Begins with His Word.

Thomas Watson, d. 1686 • SECTION 16

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← The Doctrine of Repentance

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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 PECCAtO, | Nox am0 te Sabid: $

Suppole a diſh be finely cooked, and the -* ſauce 200d, yet if a man hath an antipa» thy againſt the meat, he will not calle

It. So let the Devil cook and dreſs fin with pleaſure and profit, yer a true peni- tent having a ſecret abhorrency of it, doth diſguit it, and will not meddle withit. |

.;'&« True hatred of fin is univerſal z and 2. that two waies. | pt,

I, Of the Faculties.

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17; Hatred 1s univerſal inrefpect of the Faiulties : That is, there is a diſlike of Iy 1 the judgement, but in: the: will and affe&ions: For many an ohe is cofivinced that ſin 1s a-vile thing, and in his judgement hath'an averfation.

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hath afecret complacency in -it- Hereis a diſliking fn inthe judgement, and-at _— in the afietions* : Whepes

epentance, the hatred of fit is in all the faculties; not only in the ih- telleftual patt, bur chiefly in the with; Rom.7.15. What I hate, that do 7. Payl was not fixee from ſin, yet his, will was againſt it. Yes -" 23. Hatred is univerſal inreſpe of the ObjeF. He that hates one fin, hates all. Ariſtotle ſaith, hatred is againlt the whole kind *, Hethat hates a Serpent, hates all Serpents, Pſal. 119, 104, 1 hate every falſe waz. Hypocrites will hate ſome fins which | do ecclipſe their credit, but a true con»: | vert hates all fins gainful fins,complext-

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th& ſoul: | A regenerate perſon abhors ſin; tbtonly- for the curſe, but the conta- gi6#: He hates this'Serpent not for its Mit, but'its poiſon : He hatesſinnot only for Hell,” -but'a Hell.

- 4: :Frue hatred is implacable, it will never be recotieHled to fm more. An- Way be reconciled; hatred carinst. Sin that "Amrdlek!" which is never to be auch =_ mt X D, —— =>

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Way between thofetwoPrinces, -t King. F420. There wat war between Rehoboaus _ eroboam all their daies.

""$. Where theres areal hatred; we do ot gnly oppoſe finiin our ſelves, butin others. The Church of Epheyjws could not bear with ther that were evil, Rev.2.2. Par! (harply cenſured Peter for his diſft- tmilarion, though he were an Apoſtle. 2hxiſt in an holy diſplacency whipt the

money: chargers owt of the Temple, 7o#. 2,15. He would not ſuffer the 'Temple tobe made at Exchange. Nehemiah re- baked the Nobles' fof their Uſury, Neb. $7. And tht Sibbath-prophanation, Neb. T3. 7. A finthater will not endure noneſs in biofouity, Pjal, 10x: 7, He that work#th deceit ſhall not dwell im m A E 4 bouſe.

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The-Do@rine of Repequance, houſe. | What a ſhame ,isit when Magi” Þ ſtrates can ſhew beight Gf ſpirix.in gel, | paſſions,, but no hexoigk ſpirit in ſage, prefling yjce. .Such.as baveno antipaghy againſt ſin, are ſtrangers to Repentance;, Sin is:in- them, as ;potſon in a Serpent, | which beipg natural, 18 delightful. . ..,.... -Uer. , x,How far are they from Repentance, who inſtead of hating fin, lovefin...To |: the godly fig is as a. thorn inthe eye; to H the wicked it is as a crown on the head, |. | Jer. 11.15. When thou doſt evil, then thoy rejozceſt... Loving-of, fin. is worſe than committing it. A good-man may runin- to a Gnful action unawares, but to Jove Fu {in1s deſperate. What 1s1t makes a Swine, Wa but loving to tumble in the mire? What 38 it wakes a Devil,but loving that which oppoſeth God ? To love fin ſhews that the will is in fin; and. the more of the * Volunt?s wjllin a fin, the | AS the fin *. Wil:

Z eſt menſu-» , E - :2:8onis. Fulneſs makes It a fin not to be purged by

facrifice, Heb. 10, 26,, |... _- --

0 how rwany:. axe there that love the If forbidden fruit. ! They love their, caths fip and adulteries;. they-love-the fin, .and hate the reproof. 5olowap ſpeaks of age- NETAatIOn «3 men, Eccleſ. 9. 3: Madneſs 35

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ve. Badneſf 35 in their \'s I perſwades us to ſhew our Repen- Ule 2. >; Rance by a bitter hatred of ſin. There js Exhort.

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