Abernathy - Houston-Packer Collection BX9178.A33 S4 1748 v.1

( 74 ) SERMON IV. Of REPENTANCE. Matth. iv. 17. Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. S E R M. N a former difcourfe from thefe words, IV. I endeavoured to explain the nature of that true repentance, which the fcrip- ture declares to be fo abfolutely and indifpen- fably neceffary to our acceptance with God. And what I intend at this time principally to infift on, are, the motives whereby this moil important duty is urg'd upon us. But one obfervation will Aft be ufefully made in order to our underftanding it better, and applying what is faid concerning it with greater advantage to ourfelves, that is, con- cerning the difference between the repentance originally preach'd to (inners, both Jews and Heathens, as the condition of their en- trance into the chriftian Rate, and that which is

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