CHAP. 9. ofwä°edome,erc. 495 come for vs : And therefore in his laf} farewell, biddeth vs, Be r of good comfört , or take good heart untoyou,/ r holm ¡6.33. bane ouercorne the World. Wee come now vnto Repentance , which I make to follow vpon the former , becaufe of the -many falls and foiles, that wee receiue at the hands of Satan in this our fpirituall confli6 :out ofthe which we are to rifeby true Repentance : fpeakingofRepentanceheere, as it com- methfrom aman renewed, not of the firfl workeofour conuerfionveto God : for Repentance in general! corn- prehendeth the whole f worke of Sanctification but fMMarkel.q.. there is a fpeciall Repentance ofour euery daies flipsand fals, whichonely hath place in a manRegenerate : for to him that is come fo farre,there is no further need of that firf} kind ofRepentance, feeing it is impoffìble that the grace ofRegenerat ion once begunne,fhould at anytime beloü altogether.SoI vnderf+and that which is fpoken, Like 1.5.7. of righteous men that neednoRepentance. Yet in truth there is but one Repentance, as there is but one Faith.: But that Repentance begunne by Faith, is conti- nued all our life , pra&ifed and profeffed day by day more or lette, according to thenature ofour feuerall and particular (miles. This Repentance The Papif}s make three parrs of Re- therefore ,por ra- pentance,Confeffion;Contrition,Satif- P faction. Confeffion ( which they will bane robe made in the Priefts care, and call Auri- cular) is vaine, becaufe Fail, Itisimpoffibletomake recitallof all our particularfaults, which are both infinite, and in agreat part vnknowne. Secondly, Forprivateconfolation, afwell the Priefl is to makeConfeflion to the people, as the people to him. Contritionor forrow, andhroketìnefre of heart for our former finnes , weehold afwell as they,requifte to trueRepentance. SatisfaCticn is alloneceffarie to bee made to fuch as any way we haue wronged: But to Godwe are not able tomakeany, in afmuch as Firfl, We cangiue himnothing : for all we candoe, is duevnto him. Secondly, No goodworke of ours is able to flansbefore him, and to indure the Touch-ílone of hisTryall: And therefore this kind of fatisfaaion is blafphemous and derogatorie from the death ofCbrift, who is our onely Satisfaf,ion, lanfome, andRedemption, I i a Rice
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