166 The Promife , that' God had ,alfo to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life,' Aets xi. 18. Now, when one i~ jufiified by faith, and new-re:. lated to God, as his Friend, Father, and God, he is _fanB:ified, and brought to true and evangelick repent· ance, according to this promife . Being come to Chrifr by faith, he comes back unto God by- him in repentance, Heb. vii. 25 . Whence it is called repent· anee toward God, which is the end whereunto faith to- .-ward our.Lord Jefus Chrifl is the means, Aets xx. 21. · 'Then, and not till the:n, it is, that the heart is fet a going in true gofpel- repentance, pleafing to God, and acceptable in his fight : according to the fcriptures. Ezek. xvi. 62. ~ And I will eilabli.fh my covenant "With thee: . Ver. 63. That thou may.efi remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any .more becaufe of thy fhame ; when I am' pacified toward thee. Chap.xx.42.And ye !hall know thatI am theLord,when 1 !hall bring you into the land ·of lfrael. Ver. 4 .~ · And there fhall ye remember ·your ways,-and ye £hall lothe yourfelves. Chap ~ xxxvi. 25'· Then will I fprinkle – clean water upon you, and ye fhaJl be clean.--Ver. .26.-A new heart alfo will I give you,- . Ver. 28.~ and ye fha1l be my people, and I will be your God. , Ver. 31. Then !hall ye ren'lember your own evil ways, ..-and lhall lothe yourfelves.' For then .it is, that tbe love of God to the foul, which lay hid b~fore, doth fuine forth more or lefs clcnr ; and being difcerned by faith accordingly, .~arms th.e heart of the fim;er with love to God agam, accordmg to that, 1 John IV. 19. ' We love him·, becaufe he fir{[ loved us/ And _ that love melts it into repentance for fin, as in the wo– . man who, being forgiven much, loved much, an~ fbew'd her love, by her walhing our Saviour's fee.t with tears, Luke vji. 37, 38, 47. The hard heart IS then laid on the foft bed of the love and free grace of God in Chrift ; and the word of the -law inlaid with the gof}Jel, £11ls ,on il f?ying, ' Break for the Lor~! I'
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