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How
we may be
agreed
tir
that
our
repentance
is
vnfained.
507
true loue
ofGod
;
or
ifit
bee true,yet
it
is
not
fufficient,
as
being
in verie finali
rneafure,and in no
proportion
anfvvera-
ble to our hainous
finnes.
Againft
both
which
tentations,
it behooueth
the hum-
bled
(inner
to
arme himfelfe
that
he may
repell
them, when
they
are
fuggetted
;
and
to this
purpofe
that
hee may
proue
his repentance true and vnfained, hee
is
to
take
a
true
fearch
ofhis
owne
heart and
confcience, and
to
examine
his
repen
tance according
to
forne
vndoubted
fignes
which
may ferue
as
touchftones to
difcoucr
whether
it
bee
true and vnfained,
or
diffembled and
hypocriticall. The
firff
vndoubted
figne
of
vnfained repentance
is,when
we
can
obferue in our
felues
the feuerall
degrees or parts thereof,
as
they haue
been
wrought
in
vs
by Gods
fpirit, for from the enumeration
of
all
the parts,we
may conclude
that
wee haue
the
whole. The
hrft degree
is,that
by the law
we corne
to
the
knowledge,and
acknowledgement that
we are
hainous
and
grieuous
fanners,
who
haue
broken
and tranfgreffed
all
Gods
commande-
ments. Secondly,
from this
knowledge
and
acknowledge-
ment
ofour
fins,proceedcth
a
true
fenfe
and feeling
ofthern,
and the
punifhments
due
vnto
them,
and
an
apprehenfon
and applying to our
felues
the
anger
ofGod,
the
curie
ofthe
law,
and
eternall condemnation
due
vnto
vs
for
our
firmes.
Thirdly,
from this
fenfe
of
our
miferable
eflate,there arifeth
in
our
confciences feare
and
horror
of
being ouertaken
and
ouerwhelmed
ofthofe
iudgements
ofGod,
and
fearefull
pu-
.
nifhments which hang ouer our heads
for our
fins.Fourthlie,
from this
feare
and
an
guiíh
of
mind,
proceedeth forrow.
and`
bitter
griefe, becaufe
wee
haue thus hainouflie
finned,
and
made our
felues
obnoxious
to-all
thefc
.euils
;
and
alto in
the
fame
refpe6s
a
true hatred
of
finne
which
fíi.íí
han
geth vpon
vs,
and
an
earneff
de
re
to
be
freed
from
it..Fiftly,this
ha-
441.24:7.
Bred
of
finne
and
delre
to
bee
freed from
it,.naketh
vs
ear-.
.
nef}ly
to
feeke and
inquire after
ionic meanes
whereby
wee
may attaine
veto
our delires,
that
beefing
freed
from
all
thofe
feareful
euils
to
hich
oppreflie
our
cófciences
with the
waight
of
them,
we may
obtaine
Gods
loue and fauour and the aflu-
rance.ofour foliation.
Sixtly, thus
inquiring
and fearching
Wee