234 4 Box of precious Ointment : Or, thou rain hell out of heaven upon this proud heart this unael:eving heart, this unclean heart , this 'worldly heart, this froward heart, this treacherous heart of mine, 84c. I have read of fLinnit,i'lthat when he faw a pit, full of the blood of his enemies, he cryed out with much content and delight, 0, beautiful fight I So when a penitent Chrillian fees his fpiritual enemies, his Strong corruption's, all in a soar blond. 0 ! how delightfully and rejoycingly does he cry out, 0, beautiful fight ! 0, bleffed fight, that e- ' ver I have fen ! When the children of Jfrael faw the Eppel .?ns dead upon the Sea-fhore, then they fang a long. of praife, the Application is eafie. 0 Sirs ! let no man deceive his own immortal foul ; for 'tis molt certain, that repentance to. life hath all these lively companions attending of it. Sound re -. pentance, and the companions of it; are born together, and will live and continue together till the penitent foul changes earth for heaven, grace for glory. And let thus much fuffice t for the firil part of true repentance, & c. --The fecond part of true repentance lyes in confetflon fin, which flows out of a contrite heart; I mean, net a bare, formal, empty confeClion (fuch as is common amongft the worft of finners, as that we are all finners, and Rand in need of a Saviour, God help us, God be merciful unto us, &c.) but of fuch a conferfion of fin as arifeth from a true light and full fence of fin, and from the due apprehenfions of a righte- ous Law that is tranfgrefied, and a holy God that is provoked, c. When tongue and heart goes together,when the tongue (peaks out of the abundance of the heart, when the tongue is the faithful interpreter of the heart, freely, ingenuoufly and humbly acknowledging iniquity, tranfgreffion and fin ; and the penitent judging himfelf worthy of death, of wrath, of hell , and unworthy of the leaf mercy and favour from God, &c. Now fuch a confetrion as this is you find in repenting finners; and if you look again, you fluff find thofe perfons fo
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=