242 Evangelical Repentance. yet now have obtainedmercy through their unbeliefe. The Jewes were cal off: and the Gentiles (thefe Romans) received to mercy, the Kingdom of Heaven did come to them, the Gofpel effectually preach't to them, the Do&rine of free- remiffion ofpoor finners : Now (faies he) I befeech you by themercies ofGod, that ye prefent your bodies a living facrifice. The Scripture is full ofthis. But for our better opening, and clearipgof this Truth: Let us I pray defcend into the particulairs of Repentance, and confider how the grace, andmercy, and love of God in Chrift (which is the fubliance of this Kingdom of Hea- ven) hath an inflitenceupon themall 3 and how all of them are cattier!. thereby. Fiat, A man that does Repent, muff fee, and know his fins : true fight of fin is requifite to true Repentance. Indeed, a manmay in fome meafure attain unto the know- ledge, and difcovery of his fin by fome : when Adoni-bezel had his fingers, and toes cut off, you know what he laid : Thus have I done. Aflhaions do un-leave a man, take off his leaves : whenthe leaves areoff the hed- ges, ye fee thole birds-netts, that ye- could not fee before, when the leaves were on : And fo, when Afilklion hath made one naked, and taken ones leavesoff, a man is able1 to fee thofe nefis ofcorruption in his own heart that he ne- ver did fce before. The Apofile faies, By the Law is the knowledgeoffin : but now, though by the Law, as by a rule, we come to the knowledgeofour fin ; and by Afilitlion weare help,t,to-fee thenetts of our own hearts : yet notwithfianding, a man cannot fee his ,fins fully but by Gofpel- light; it is a work of the Spirit toconvince offin : Iwidlfind the Spirit,the Com- firter,andhefhall convince the world offin. Andwhere does the Spirit breath, but in the Gofpel, the KingdomolHeaven, the preaching oftheGolper? Receivedye the Spirit (faies the Apofile) by the works of the Law, or by tbepreaching offaith? When once Efay the Prophet hadhad a fight of Chrift, he criesout, Vemibi, I armundone: Wes me, lam ondone, unclemi. Again,
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