What thingsare requiredin truerepentance. 419 - repentance, we can neuer haue any affitranceofany of the promifes aftheGofpell. And therefore it behoouethvs as we tender our faluati- §sea,5. on,that we labour after the fight and fenfe - of our fames, The wanes thatwithgood Iofias our hearts melt within vs, and euenre- vvhereby vve folue themfelues into the teares of vnfained repentance ; may attaine that wee euen rent ourhearts with.true compun&ion, as the to a true ¡gFit Prophet exhorteth, Ioel.z. i andthat with the 'ewes wee lines. P 3 z, Kzng.x., haue our heartsprickt withinvs, whenwe come to the fight 19. ofour finnes; and all this-not fo much in regard of the pu- Aa.z. ;7_n nifhnn.ent we haue deferued,-as thatby our fumes wee haue difpleafed our goodGodand gratious father,andhaue cau- fedour Sauiour Chrifl who is the Lorsl,eflife, tobe put to a Zachor to,. íhamefull andpainefulI death. And that weemay attaine .veto this fenfe and feeling of r.. deanes, our fnoes, there are diners meanes to be vfed effeóuall ¡for prayers. thispurpofe; as ñrf} we are to haue our recourfe vnto God byearneft and feruent prayer, defiring and intreating that hewill anoint. the blind,eyes ofour- vnderf}andings, with the pretious eye falue ofhisholie fpirit,that wee mayfee our Reuel. ;.1.7.. t, ownewretchédneffe, miferie, pouertie, blindnelfe and- na -'8 kedneffe, and that heewill, foften our hardhearts, with the oyleofhis_grace, and fo bea.te thefe flank .rocker, that out of themmay. flow plentifulLüreames of,vnfained;-repen- tance. Secondly, we are often times to fet the lawas a glaffe be- 2. Medtatin- fore.vs,that fowe may fee our deformities, and to examine inibe lazuv., our.li'ues therebyasit werebya rule or fquare, that fo wee may knowboth howoften-we haue erred.and tranfgreffed it in the time pafl,andhow, vnable wee are to performe it for the time to come in that exat manner which God requi. reth. For as the deformitiesand.fpots in The face though they be great and.manie,,cannotbe difcerned ofthofe who haue them, vnleffe they looke themfelues in a glaffe, and. though euerieoneels doth.plainelyfee them, yet theparty' himfelfe doth leaf+ofall perceiue them : fo thoughour fpiri_ tuall defotmitier . and ñlthie fpots of finne, appeare moil s;lie.ánd.odiousintineeyesQf sod.and:men,fb, that. euer1 Ee -4ng
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