254. A Box of precious Ointment :Or, Compare t Sam. 24.16,.17. with Chm. 26 2)3,4 Ex) d. 9 27)34 .[Prov. 7. 14. 2 Pet. Z. ult. Fatzent.ele &M. PeCC0i.1.1.C.12. juries againtt David with tears ; and foon after you fhall find him purfuing of him in the wildernefs of Ziph with three thoufand cholen men at his heels. The fame evil fpirit was predominant in Pharaoh, one day you shall have him confef- finghis fin, and promifing to let Ifrael go, and the next day you fhall find his heart hardned, and he peremptorily re - Calved that /fi-ae/ fhall not go. And fo the Harlot made the confeon of her fin, to be but a provoca,tion to more fin. The wicked fometimes confefs their fins, but they never for- fake their fins ; after confe lion they commonly return with the doc. b to his vomit ; as Folgentims bath worthily obferved. Many(faith he) being pricked in confcience, confefs that they:have done ill, and yet put no end to their ill deeds ; they humbly accufe themfelves in God's fight of the fins which opprefs them, and yet with a perverfe heart re bellioufly heap up thofe fins whereof they accufe themfelves. The very par- don which they beg with mournful fighs, they impede with their wicked actions ; they ask help of the Phyfician, and flill minifter matter to the difeafe, thus in vain indeavouring to appeafe him with penitent words, whom they go on to provoke by an impenitent cohrfe. Well,remember this, real, confellion of fin is alwayes attended with real endeavours of laming from fin. Look, as the Patient layes open his difeafes to the Phyfician for this very purpofe, that he may be cared and healed; fo the penitent foul confeffes his fins to the Phy- fician of fouls on purpofe to be cured and healed. The daily, language of the penitent foul is thiS ; Lord, when wilt thou heal the maladies of my foul ? when wilt thou heal my un- belief, and heal my pride, and heal my vain glory, and heat my hypocrifieand heal my impurity,and heal my hard heart- ednefs, and heal my carnalnefs, and heal my worldlinefs, and heal my felfifhnefs ? &c. Lord, I do as earneilly beg' grace to heal my foul, as I do mercy to pardon my foul. And, let thus much fuffice for the fecond part of true Evanaelical repentance. The third part of true Repentance, lyes in turning from all
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