496 ThefecondBooke ofDiui>gitie, CH A P19. 6t;ce of Repentance, I call, A eontinuall furrow for our fins, and a purpofe to refia again{{ them : for forrow and a griefe for finne committed, is one fpeciall part of Re. pentancc, whereof thewhole many times cloth take the name, i . Cor. 10.7.Thefurrow which is accordingvnto god, worketha change ofmindveto faluation,neuer to bee repen- ted of: where both thefe parts, as you fee, are compre- hended. Six tr,itags are to be noted in true Repentance. Firf},The notes or fagnes of Repentance ; the Apoflle, 2.Car.7.1 I. reekoneth , hefe feuen. Firi4, stake, or diligence to rouze our feluer out of fleepe and fecuritieof finne. Secondly, Adefence,excufe or electing of our felues, not byLanding in ir, as if we had done well, or making leffe of it,then thequalitie of the offence deferu.th, but asking pardon for our fault, in that we did it not wilful- lyand with malice,but of frailtieand infirmitie,and that fo,as none more then wee are offended therewithall. A notable example whereofwee haue in that confcffion of the Church, Cant. i. z. I {dept, but my heart waked. Thirdly, Indignation, or an holy anger againfl our (cluesfor it. Fourthly, eft feotre left wee fhould full spine into the like. Fifthly, A longing to bee deliuered from the bodie of finne, and to be madeperfe&}. Sixthly,Zeale to Godand to all goodneffe. Seuenthly , Reuenge, by taming and chaffizing the fiefh,and takiug,as it were, our penni- worths ofir, that we runne not into the likehereafter;And therefore both forbearing lawfull things, that wee may the better ab- flaine from vnlawfull, and flying leffer fumes , lei+ wee fall intogreater , and all thofe things that haue beetle themeanes to lead vs vnto finne before, The fecorad is the fruit of this Repentance ; A reffo- ring
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