244 Evangelical.Repentance. nakednefs appears : And Co long as men are in their fins, and are in darknefs, they are not afhamed of their fins; becanfe they are in darknefs: But when once they come to the light, then they blufh, and then they are afhamed : What light is that that will alharne one of fin ? there is light enough in hel-fire,for the damned there to reade their fins by, but that don't make them aflamed: where the light of theGot-1)cl, the opening of the Kingdomof Heaven is, and pardoning love is, there is Iharre. Ye Than fee there- fore, how Ezra bluthes, when he confidered the love of God, and their fins together : in the 9. of Ezraand the 6. verCe. Andhefaid,0 my God, Iam albamed and blufb to lift up myface unto thee,my God : Why ? for our iniquities are in- creafed. Is that all ? No, faieshe at the 8. verfe : for a lit.. tie ill, ace grace bath been fberred us from the Lord our Gode to give as a remnant to efeape, and to give no a nailin his Holy place: we were bond-men, yet our God bathnotforfaken us inour bondage: And norv5 0 our God, what Pall we Jay after this ? after this? The fight of their own fins, and the remembrance of Gods love together, made him blufh. Ye know the place in Ezekiel, ThenPallye be confounded, andagiamed, when I am pacified towareble. Themore a manknows that Cod is pa- cified towards him, the more heis alhamed. 5. Again, A Repentingperfon is not only afhamedofhis for- mer evil waies : but as occafion ferves, he wil acknowledge his fins : But I pray, what works the heart over to this ac- knowledgment ? When David had Saul at a great advan- tage, and fpar'd him : .Saul breaks forth into this expref- fion, 0myfon David, thouart morerighteous thanI : 0David! thou art a righteous man, but I am an unrighteous man. Sowhen the foul fees what infiniteadvantage the Lordhath it at, and how the Lord fpareth ; then the foul breaks forth, and faits, TheLord is righteous, I am unrighteous, lam unrighteous : this works an acknowledgment. 6. Sixtly, A Repenting perfon, does not only acknowledge his fin as occafion ferves; but he labours toun-fin his fin ; and truely, elle it is no Repentance. Hedoes walk contra- ry
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