The DoFrine of Repentance. | to God, Nu+#b.30. 1. Chriſtians, have not tenf you ſince you have been bound to God, forfeited your Indentures ? | Have not you ſerved for common uſes after you Lokiona the Lords by ſolemn dedica- tion ? Thus bybreach of vows,you have made a breach 1n your peace. Surely this calls for a freſh lavor of tears.
7. Repent of your «#anſwerableneſs to bleſſangs received. You have lived all your $ life-uport free quarter ; you have ſpent upon free-graces ſtock; you have been bemiracled with mercy ; but where are
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The 4thenians would have un- pry perſons to be ſued at
aw *, Chriſtians,may not God ſue you at Law for your un- thankfulneſs, Hoſ. 2,9. IT will
| ver them by Law.
# 9. Repent of your worldli- *4 3 eſf*. By your profeſſion, you ſeem. to reſemble the Birds of Paradiſe, that ſoar aloft, and Itve upon thedew of Heaven *, yet as Serpents,” yox lick, the
. | duft. Baruca good man, was
2) {taxed with this, Fer. 45.5)
your returns of love to God ?
ry
* An gratiam reruli. mus, an largitorem no= ſtrum prout decuir co- lumus., |
* Valer. Maxim, hb. F» cap. 3.
recover my Wooll and my Flax. | will reco-
o)
* Quomodo Calum pee runt qui terrenis degra- vartur > Poſyidere ſe credunt, porius poſsi. dentur, Cyprian de Lapſe
X Roranci b.bunr ex #- chere mella —— £au{in Hyerog”.
Seckeſt
96 The Dolirine of Ripentavce. *1713 Grandia Ar. Setheſt theu great Things for Monr. Nee t * 2 |
y Jeif
9. 9. Repent of your divifons 5 the:
are a blot in your Coat-armour, anc
make others ſtand aloof off
P ple bee 8 ne, 90 from ay cap? n— le xp = +02 .< Parate from the wicked re- ads apron ow Fembles Chriſt, who was /eps- Fo Epiſt NE Dh. _ from ſinners, Heb.7.46. But delph. or the godly to divide among themſelves, and look askew one upon another, had we.as many eyes as there are ſtars, they ware few enough to weep for this. Diviſions ecclipſe the Churches beauty, and weaker * Scyrus lapis mirum id her ſtrength *. Gods Spirit haber, ur integer enatet, . comminutus mergatur. brought in cloverr Fongues among Plin. lib. 36. 6.17- the Saints, 47.2. 3. But-the Devil hath brought in c/over hearts : Surely this deſerves a ſhower c teais. | Duis talia fando Temperet 4 lachrymis £ Io. Io. Repent for the iniquity of your holy things. How often have the ſervices o Gods worſhip been frozen with formali- ty, and ſowred with pride ? There have been more of the Peacocks plures.than the groans of the Dove, "Tis fad that ever | duties
- a. oe to a> 6 . San ws, ov ton
' | The DoeFrite of Repentance.
duties of Religion ſhould be made a ſtage for vain glory toa&t upon. O Chriſtians; there is ſuch a thick rhyne upon your duties, that 'tts to be feared there 1s but
WT little meat left iri them for God to feed
upon. | j- Behold here repenting work cut out
for the beſt 5 and that which may make -
the tyde of grief (well higher;is, tothink
that the ſins of Gods people do more.
provoke God than others, Dent: 32.19. The! ſins of the wicked pierce Chriſts ſide;3;the fins vf the godly go to his heart.
Feters fin being againſt ſo muchloye, was . moreunkind; which made his cheeks to _ beiftirrowed with tears, Mark 14.72,
When he thought thereon he wept.
+3, Repentanceis necellary for all ſins. ."Letius be deeply humbled and mourn before theLord for original fir. We have loſt that pure quinteſlential frame of ſoul as Once we'had £-our nature 1s vitiated
| with corruption. Original fin hath dif-
fuſed it ſelf as a foiſon inte the whole man *. Like the'Hieryſalem-Hartichoke, which, wherever it is planted, preſ _ over-runs the ground. There are ng
worſe natures in Hell than we kave. The f-ndwr
hoc yconz-
-hearts of the: beſt are like Peters ſheet, num. 3:2.
H where
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ad verti= cem dif-
Is
* A planta pedis aſqz
_ The DoFrine of Repentance, where were a number of unclean creep- ing things, AZ. 10.12. This primitive
. corruption is bitterly to be bewailed,be-
cauſe we arenever free from it. It is like
= 2
be not1een, yet it ſtill runs. We may as well ſtop the beating of the pulle, as itop, the motionsto ſin. This inbred pravity retards and hinders us in that which is
Ido not. Original fin may be cottpared Pl prey, which cleaves to the keel of the ©2* ſhip, and hinders it when it is under les, Beze. ſail. Sin hangs weights upon us*, that Heb. 12.1. we move but flow to Heaven. O. this adherency of fin ! Pax! ſhook the Viper which was on his hand into the fire, A. 28.5. But we cannot ſhake off original corruption in this life. Sin comms come as a loager for a night, but an i#-
me. an HeCtick feaver upon him, though he changeth the air, yet, ſtill he carries his
hauſtible. This Ocean cannot be emp-
a ſpring under ground, which though it.
ſpiritual, Rom.7.19. The good that I wowld,
to that fiſh Pliny ſpeaks of, a Sea-Lajm- |
dweller, Rom. 7.17. Sim that dwelleth in® "Tis with us as with one who hath;
'diſcale with him. Original ſin is inex-|