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
not- pumiſh,, 1a. 1. 5. ſbould 1 ſmrite- you -any more? AsaFather f| gives over correaing a child whom he | | intends todiſ-inherit. 0
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The Dof#rive of Repthtwvice.
CHAP. VIIL ©
| Containing a ſeriows Exhortation
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E T me in the next place perſwade Uſe 2. »
oy J © to this great duty of Repentance, EX
Sorrow is good for nothing but fin. If you ſhed tears for outward loſles, it will not advantage you. ' Water for the Gat-
1 den, if poured 1n the ſink, doth no good-
Powder for the eye, if applied to the arm; is of no benefit. Sorrow is medi- cinable for the ſoul, but if you apply it to worldly things, it doth no-good. O that our tears may run in the right chanel, and our hearts even burſt with ſorrow for fin. That I may the more ſucceſsfully. preſs this Exhortation, 1 {hall ſhew you that Repentance
I, Is neceſſary.
2, It 1s neceſlary for all per- |
{ons; 3. For all (ins. I. Repentance is neceſſary, Luke 13.5: Except ye repent , ye foal! all likewiſe | G periſh:
tort, 1 Branch.
s ©S
82 The DoFrine of Repentance. Aquila perif *, There's no rowing to Paradiſe,
eneſcente —= TE - -"n cur. but upon the ſtream of repenting tears.
rum haber Repentance 1s required as a qualification.
voſtrumut Tt ;5 not ſo much to endear us to Chriſt veſci non a
fic, ai6 as te endear Chriſt to us. Till fin be bit-
apidem ter, Chriſt will not be ſweet. dein per- |
curiendo aduncirtatem frangar, quo fatto rurſus edit, & rejuveneſcir : 2
ira.qui peccatis eſt pragravarus, nil ſpirituale ili ſapiar,' morieturgfa-
me niſt ad Terram Chriftum, per panitentiam, ſe diu percutiar,uſ-
que ad mentis murationem, 8 duriticiabjectionem Penantius Honor.
- 2, Repentance1sneceſiary {or al/ per-
-, Tapey- (ons, God commandeth all men , Act. BY + a» ; |
oe: vol; I7. 50. C3 T7. 0k I, It is neceſlary for great ones,,, Jer,
Ts. .13.18. Say tothe King and the Queen, bumble: your ſelves. The King of Ninizeh
'and his Nobles changed their robes. for ©
ſackcloth, Jonah 3. 6. Great mens ſins do more hurt than others : the ſins of leaders are leading; fins; therefore they. of: all others had\need to repent. . It ſuch as hold the .Scepter repent not,, God hath
appointed a day to judge them, and a fire |
to burn them, 1a. 30. 33. .
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2, '_ 2, Repentanceis neceffary for the fla-
gitious ſinners in the Nation. England had
need put it ſelf im mourning, and be'
*. humbledbyfolemn Repentance. .: —— Anglica gens eſt optima fleus — |
What
—_— = el <6. at Ss CE oo.
-— / The DvGrine of Repentance. &3 What horrible 'impieties are-chargeable upon the Nation! We ſee perſons daily * {| Ifting themſelves under Satan. Not only 2 # the banks of Aefigion, but Czvility are ” {| broken down.-' Men ſeem to contend as the Jews of old, who ſhould "be ' moſt :. | wicked*. In their filthineſs'' is leudneſs, * Quis re- C {| Ezek., 24.13. If oaths and 'drunkennels, Ro 4 if perjury and luxury'will make a people guilty, thenitis' to be feared England 1s '- | in Godsblack Bok. 'Stiremen have can- F. } celled their vow in Baptiſm;” atid made a private contrat with the Devil : Inſtead '. | of crying to'mercy to fave them, they 7, 1 cty; God damin them! Neyer was there | ſuch riding poſt to Hell, asif' men did r '\ defpair of getting thither time enough: Oo { Hathit not been known that ſome have rs | died with the guiſt'of fornication and Il J bloodupon them? Hath it not been told” - as 1 that others have boaſted how many they h | havedebauched and made crunk ? Thus, - 'e | they declare their ſin as Sodom, 1ja. 3. 9. * Puder | Nay, mens fins are grown daring as if J=< opprv- e- f they would hang out their flag of de-' gc d Þ fiance, and give Heaven a broad-ſide*, ,,. © De | Like the Thraci#ss, who when it' thun. 3% ders; gather together in a body, and ſhoot | their Arrows -again{t Heaven, - The at. Fo KS 2 tinners
oe IW We
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* Puder non eſle Impudens
rem. Aug.
Conf.
* Aut Hiatu, aut dilu» vio, aur incendio, &c, 5 Jof. I'b. 6. de bell. Jud.
* Toti in peccatis im= merſt, non levi tanrum Iachrymarum aſperſione ;3ndigent ſcd_ ablurione,
D. Rzvtl-