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ſtion, whether the ſins of the godly ſhall be mentioned at the laſt day 2: The Lord ſaith, he will wot remember them ; and he / 1s Vlotting them out: So that if their * fſinsbe mentioned, it ſhall not be to their prejudice, for the debt-book is crolled. z3Comfort. 3, Conſcience will now ſpeak peace*, 'Trangui'* © the muſick of conſcience ! Conſcience
la conſci- ; . P entiatran- Is turned into a paradiſe, and there a
quillatom* Chriſtian doth ſweetly ſolace himſelf,and 0/4, . luck the flowers of joy, 2 Cor. I. . he repenting finner can go to God with boldneſs in prayer, and look upon him not as a Judge, but a Father. He is bor# of God, and 1s heir to a Kingdom, Lak. 6.20, Heis incircled with Promiſes ; he no ſponer ſhakes the tree cf the Promiſe, but lome'frujr falls. * | To conclude, the true penitentiary may look on fdeath with comfort z -lis life hath þcena life of tears, and now at death al] tears {hall be wiped aways. Death ſhall not be a deſtruction; but #- + Gaol-delivery.. Thus you ſee what:great + comfort remains far repenting' ſinners, Luther ſaid, , before his converſion he could not endure that bitter word Ke- pentance, but afterwards he found much fwcerneſs in it. * | CHAP,
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CHAP. XIII. The reſolving of a Queſtion.
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p may. propound a queſtion, Phe- Queſt, ther af our Repentance and ſorrow be
alwaies alike 2
I. Before the receiving of the Lords Supper. This ſpiritual Paſſover is to be eaten with bitter herbs. Now our eyes ſhquld be freſh broached with tears, and the ſtream of ſorrow overflow. A re-
nting frame is a facramental frame. A
roken heart, and a broken Chriſt, do well agree. The more bitterneſs we
taſte in ſin, the more ſweetneſs we ſhall
taſte in Chriſt. oe _ wept, he found God 3 Ard he calted the name of the phage Peniel, for Fhave ſeen God face to face, Gen, 32,30. The way to find Chriſt comfortably in the Sacrament, is to go
weeping thither. -Chriſt will fay to'an + huwb
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4.Though Repentance muſt be alwaies Anfw. kept alive1n the foul, yet there are two- ſpecial times wherein we muſt renew our Repentance in an extraordinary manner. *
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tance ig, at the hour of, death. This ſhould *
be an1p0s Sanesev, a weeping ſeaſon. Now Is
againlt ſuch a time. We 4 Fep&
wept ſo little ; that Gods bag bath been
\ » Jeb 14. ſo full *,. and, his botte ſo empty, ; We | 17- ſhould repent: zow, that. we repenteg..ho
ſooner: that the garriſons of four hearts; he1d out fo long againſt Gad, exe
they were leyelled by Repentance,,' We -
ſhould.repent now, that we haye loved Chriſt nomore; that we bave fetched no more ventne from him, and brought no more glory to him: It ſhould be cur grief on our death-bed, that our hyes have had ſo many blazks and blots in them: that our dutieshave been. ſa fly-blawn with fia 3. that our obedience hath heen ſa imperte&, and we have gone ſo lame mm the waies of God. When the ſoul. 18
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' | The removing the Impediments
ST. :: .. of Repentance, . E | Efore Day down the Expedients and | *5 Means conducing to Repentance, I | | ſhall firſt remoye the Impediments.la this WF City, when you want water, you | earch the cauſe, whether the Pipes are
broken or ſtapped, that the,cnrrent of _ water is hindered : So when no water of 3 Repentance comes (though we have the Conduit-pipes of Ordinances). fee what ' | thecauſeis; where 1s the ſtop that theſe penitential waters do not run. There are ten Impediments of Repentance. | 1. Men do not apprehend that they 7 [mpeds need Repentance; they thank God all 1s | © wellwiththem, and they know nothing ; they ſhould repent of, Kev. 3.17. They | Jayeſt, 1 am rich, and have need of nothing. ;{, He who apprehends not any diſtemper 4 1n his body, will not take the Phylick preſcribed. This1s the miſchief ſin hath | _ done; it hath not only madeus fk, but | Jſeaſeſe. WhentheLord bade. the people
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