tyed 3 though the {ſtock of fin ſpends, | yet it is pot-at all diminiſhed ; the more 2; 4a we |
| which may be another wedge to break + © Y our hearts, is, that original fin doth mix | with the very habits of grace. Hence it ' | is, our atings towards Heaven 'are ſo dull and languid. Why doth faith act > | no ſtronger, but becauſe it is clogg'd d Y with ſenſe? Why doth loveto God burn ” | no purer, but becauſe it is hindred © | with luſt 2 Original ſinincorporates with T | ourgraces. As Pad lungs cauſe an Aſthma i / of ſhortneſs of breath: fo original fin BY having infeted the heart , our graces - vice, yow very faintly. Thus we ſee 7. whatin original fin niay draw forth our all tears. In patticular let us lament ths - corruption =. 1. Our Will: -- Of 4 Out Affections. Nis i. Let us mourn for the corruption of #,; XY our Wi: The will not following the 4 2 diftamen. of right reaſon, is byaſled to 2
"re we
The DoFrine of Repentance,
we fin, thefuller we are of ſin. Original corruption 1s like the Widows Oyl, which encreaſed by pouring out *, and that * 2 King. _ |
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Z evil : The will diſtaſts God, not as he 21s good, but as heis holy: It contumaci- ouſly affronts him, Jer. 44. 17. We will 7 | H- 2 do
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The Dorine of Repentance,
do whatſoever thing goeth forth ouf. of our ©
mouth, to burn incenſe to the Deen of Hea-
ven, The greateſt wound 1s tallen upon
our will. | 2, Let us grieve for 'the corruption of our AffeFions, which conſiſts in two things. Their $ 1. Diverſion. 2. Propenlion.
Let us grieve for the diverſion of our
affections; they are taken off from their roper object : The affections like arrows ſhoot beſide the mark. At firſt our. At- fetions were wings to fly to God, now they are weights to pull us from him. *_ Let us grieve for the properſion of aur Affections 3 our love is ſet on fin, our jby on the creature, our AffeRions like the Lapwing feed on dung. How jultly may
the diſtemper of our Afffections bear a! part in the ſcene of our grief? We off our ſelves are falling into Hell; and our
Affections would thruſt, us thither. 2.Let us lay to heart anal pns.Of theſe
I may ſay, Who can underſtand his errours 2% Pſal. 19. 12. They are like Atoms in they
Sun, like ſparks of a Furnace, We have!
finned in our eyes, they have been caſey
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' TheDollrine'y Redentante. © or © metits to let tn Vanity *. We have ſinned **5%
p in our tongues, they have been fired with 7,77 2” {Epaſſion; what ation proceeds from us ig«r. ; TJ wherein we do not betray ſome ſin > To 5-2] *
reckonup theſe, were togo to number 2 {| theArops in the Ocean. Let actual fins be 0 {| folerhnly repented of before the Lord.
CHAP. IX.
a Containing powerful Motives to Repentance. f HAT the cxhortation to Repen- 72 tance may be more quickned,[ (hall
lay down ſome powerful Motives to ex- go cite Repentance. |
| I. Sorrow and melting of heart, fits 1 \Morive; + Y | us for every holy duty. Aptece of Lead YJ while 1tis in the lump, can be put tro no
2 ufe, but melt it, and then you may calt 1t # into any mould.,and itis made uſetul :So ff - - 2-45" vere Þ = heart that is hardened into a lump of
ſin, 1s goqd for nothing, but when 1t 1s a diſſolved by Repentance, now it is ule-, #*
ful. A melting heart 1s fit topray. When | . '3 Pauls heart was humbled and melted, | '" then, Beboldbe proyes; 4.9, 11." It is fit | t&'hedr the word: Now the word works - SD ITOVY B+ *H 3 kindly.
- *Spiritus
a { | L yo . "2 "IR = ; 2 w "i - = | As gf Rt Ld
4 4 þ} E kindly. When 5 ahs heart was feeder,
he humbled himielf, and rent his cloths
at the hearing the words of the Law,
2 Chron. 34.19. His heart, like melting
' wax, was ready to take any ſeal of the ward. A melting heart is fit to obey.
When the heart is like metal in the Fur+
- nace, it is facil and malleable to any thing. Lord, what wilt thou have me ?Af.g.6 do*? A repenting ſoul ſubſcribes ta
Gods will, and anſwers to his call, as the
eccho tothe voice.
2. Repentance is highly 'acceptable, Then our hearts are a garden of Eaen,de- lightful to God, when a ſpiritual River xuns to water this garden, - I have read that Doves delight to be about the was ters3 and ſurely Gods Spirit who de- ſcended in the likeneſs of a Dove, takes great delight in the waters of Repen-
fracus eft but the broken heart, -Pſal. 51.17. The —_— ſtood at Jeſus feet weeping, Luke 7. 38. - exhiler- She brought two things to Chriſt (ſaith $i Fai” Auſtin) unguentun &: Lorne. tears and
£5: ojntzent ; her tears werebetter than her
oyntment. Tears are powerful Orators for mercy 3 they are ſilent; yet they baye I | a 8+ $-.59Þ > / "IE
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tance, The Lord eſteems no heart ſound |
Dei holo- ſacrifices of God are a broke Jpirit *. Mary |