Evangelical Repentance. take a man that hath theworkof the Law upon his foul, and he may be much troubled, he may Repent, and he may have moreRepentings in regardof the evil that does come by fin : but the other more in regardof the evil that is in fin it Pelf. In the Fourth place, it's one thing for a man to,he broken with the weight offin : andanother thing to have hisfoul tbawen, and melted for it. There is a great deal of differenceyou know, between the breakingof the ice with your hands, or with a itaffe 5 and_the thawing of the ice, meltingby the thaw. When you take.a fiafle andbreak the ice with your hands, though you break it in one place, it freezes inano- ther : but when there isa thaw, then it melts, then it breaks every where. Sonow it is in regard of legal breakings Here's a man bath a work of the Law upon his foul, he breaks for his Drunkennefs, and hebreaks for his Swearing, and he breaks for his Wantonnefs : Oh ! but he freezes in Unbelief, in another place ; he freezes in Unthankfulnefs : But when a Gofpel-workcomes, it makes a general thaw, a man is broken every where. And this is more. Again, It s'a ane thing for aman to have more prow, griefe, Repentance in the Ore : and another thing to -have a more forrow, griefe, and Repentance that is well Refin'ti. As now, fuppofe a man take ahand full ofgold in the Ore ; it feems to be a great deal more than a twenty fhilling-piece : Ibut, becaufe much ofthat is to be taken away, a great deal of Earth is to be taken away, it is lets in the worth. Thus it is be- tween Legal Repentance, and Evangelical : The legal Repentance may feetn to be more in bulk : I but, a great deal of that is to be taken away : Much unbeliefto betaken away : many fad, defpairing conclufions to be taken a- way : a great deal ofMercinarinefs tobe takenaway. And therefore ye !hall obferve, That when the father had kiff't the Prodigal, he left out the Mercinarypiece that he fpoke of before 'meanie home. Sales he (at the IS. verfe) Iwill arife, and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, have finned againfi Heaven, and before thee, and am no more 0 0 2 worthy 4. 5
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