393 Motitus,perfxigadaavs to beenourrepent4nce. CHAP. XXIX. Ofthefi ft Motiue, which is, that our delay mill drinçmore forrow,or vtterdelrreUion. 4.Set.I. Morefor rom followeth fine thou joy accom- joaniçth it. He fifth argument toperfwade vs-to fpeedie re= pentanceand turiiingvnto God,is,thatby our dclayeitherwee prepare more matter for our ovine forrow and griefe, orelfe treafure vpfor ourfelues a more fearefull meafure ofwrath a- gainfi the dayofwrath ; for.ifthe:beff happen that wee can . hope for,or imagine, it is that we truly repent vs ofour fins, without `Which there is no forgiueneffe randwhat is this re- pentance, but an harty forrow, and bitter griefe, for our finnespafl, andan earnefl delire and indeuour offorfaking them in time to come ? and therefore .Peeing whatfoeuer pleafurewee haue taken in finning,wee muff after look it in Iorrowing for finne, Peeing our laughing muff ende in weeping, andour honie bee turned into gall and worme_ wood; let vs breake off our limes betimes, by vnfained repentance, and not heape ,vp matter ,of more griefe; let not our. mindes fo -much dote to tafle of the horìie which finnebringeth in the mouth, as that. we forget the poyfon . which it carrieth in the taile ; let vs not be fo eager in drin- king ofthis poifonoffinne, though it be fweete andpleafant to the tafle, remembring that iris deadly in .:operation, if it bee not(as it were) call vp againe byvnfained repentance; let not our gluttonous appetites caufe vs to furfet on the pleafures offinne, feeing.the prefent delight will not coun- teruaile the future paine, whenas being ficke-in finne, and tormented in confcience, wee (hall vomit that with griefe, whichwee haue eaten with pleafure, finding more bitter- neffe in the calling vp, thenf*eetneffe whenwe ífwallowed it downe. But this is the bell which can-befall vs, for ifwee doe not thus hartelie - forrow for our finnes, but Hill flue in them with pleafure and delight, then doe wee nothing elfebut heape vp iudgement, and puniíhments, Which fhalt Pone
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