Howwe maybeajftiredthat our reperrtavcc is vnfamed s II 1 : offer themfelucsuntovs: and therefore bee that will not turnewholly vnto God, till hee haue a cleare pafíàge and plainewayfreefrom :all thornie dißrac&ions which pull him backe, and -worldly incumbrances, which like blocks lying before himhinder him in his iournie, may as well refolue to fit í1d1 and - neuer returne unto God by vnfained repen- tance. The fourth'igne oftrue repentance is,if it bee continual) fromthe fiffh day ofour conuerfon vnto the end ofour The fourth lines ; for it is not fuificient to ferue God by fits,or that our Oc,yo t l it religion fhould take vs like a tertian ague but enery other day; it is not that whichGod requireth, that wee fhoulddi- ',tide our time betweene him. and the world,or hauingbe- gun in the fpirit we fhould end in the flefh;but after weeare gone out ofthisSodom of fnne, Wee mull got forward in -ouriournic ofholy obedience, and neuer like Lôts wife look backe with a desire to inioy the pleafures thereofagaine. We mull to runne this fpirituall race that we may obtaine: nowwe know that runnersofa race, as they donot Band ßi11 :after the watchword is giuen,but labour with all 'fpeed to set . foorth withthe firß; fo theydoenot fit downe in the middc way,much leffe run one while backward,and another while forward, but they í1i11 hallen on till theycome to the pale and obtaine the garland: and fo it behooueth vs to runne fPeedily to the Lord byvnfained repentance,and not to de- fill inthis our race till theendofour lines, if wee purpofe to -ieceiue that crowne ofglorywhich the Lord bath promifed vs. Our life therefore mull be a continuall repentance, and b longas we line, fo longmull we grimefor our firmes pa andprefent, and thine after newneffeof life,, 'and a greater meafureoffanòlification. The lall figne ofvnfained and true repentance is,ifit bce &sea mixedwith faith : for true repentance is a fruite-offaith, and The fifthli;t; they are neuerdifoined the onefrom the other, neither can vs, hen it pro- wee euer forrow forfinne as weought,till wehaue forne aifu- eeedethborrs ., ranceofGodsmercie and loue inlefus Chrill ; for otherwife our forrowbeneuer fogreat, yet it is not fo much for finne.as for the.punifhnaent thereof; not fo much becaufe wee
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