\ 2 74 ., 1rdn fxt/oJ!ition "J/'fOn I 1 [" verf· 5· .::-:-:-;---;::---;:--;-:----:-:-;-:---,:..-~--c----- •i '1 ! this is'the common tinpc of this age: no man A t icaucnheads, v1~. Care; 'c!Mringofthemfdun, · almcrfi dor.h cxammc himfclfc a~d confider in mdzg_natton,fMrc,grrat d~fi' e, z..eak,ttnd rmrr.g, his h!-=art his O\Nll cf1:uc,by rcafon of his finnes 2. Cor. 7· J 1. whereof fomc arc·renewed af. and "\'ant:>.Nay, men arc grownc to this, that fcCtions,and fame reformed aCtions. thry count it a mcanes to breed melancholy,& Hereby appcarcth that ,their dcfcription of therefOre do Oic the pra~ifcoftl~is dutic, and ~cpcntancc is 1101 fo fit and proper, \\·hi·ch f~y fo n_uzz.ell rhcmfclucs m their fcarcfUll fccuri- ' )t Handc~h in thefc three; comntion,faith, and tic. ., , new obedience. For concrifion is r.ot a part of S_ccondly, here \.\·e lcarnc th<lt it is 3fpcciall n:pcmance, but a caufc thcrq~f,and fo i$ fa:ith, dutic for them that line (n Gods 'Church,to be as Chrifi teachcth vs in his wdl known 1Cl"nion thi'oughly acquainted with their ownc cfiatc: ~Repent, ~tnd GelceHe the Gofpcll, whnc theyare to ex:~ mine and fearch oot thcir'o\\'nc fimlc-s: plail1elydifiintl. And indeed a m:.tn muil firfl: I ' and·of(en to (:onfider f<:riOufly Of their p. anicu-. bdccuc in ChriCl, and then followeth repcnlar \YJiltS. Zeph.tnic pre·aching the doctrine Oi tancc,and for OCWCObedicncc it is not apart of repentance vnto the people, bcginn~th thus: 1·epemancc, but a fruite thereof. Others make Chap.:.a. 1Settrcbyee 1 {cttrchyomfe!Hu oh tJiltion not wor- B rcgeneritt.ion and repentance all one, but that ! thy to beebcloucd. Where the word tranfhted cannot fo 'vVd fl-ahd :for regeneration goedi be foai-ch, fignificth fuch a iCarch as a man wOuld · fore, and rcpcntanccfollowcth after as a fruite I make for fom~ fin:~.ll thing in a great heape of thereof:for godly forrow which is a part ofrcchaffc. This is the Lordscounfcll, Hag. x. 7· generation, csufeth rep~ntancc. The ·minde [ Confider your ownc wayes in your hearrs:and therefore muCl: firft be renewed., and then it l it mu!t be our pralb(e if wee .,,·ould be [awed. turneth it fclfevnto God, and withall turncth j This dutic is the beginning :md ground oftrue thcwholc.man. And thuswe fee what true reI repentance, an~ therefore: Chrifi here giueth it · pemance is. 1 the firfiplace; tot no man can trucly re_rcnr beII.Point. How.mufl-rcpenrancc be pra8ifcd? I fore he be acquaintedwith his own infirmitieS, The praCtifc of it fl-andcth in tWO' thing-s: in 1 and \Nith his O\\'l1C fcar.c;full and damnable c.. true liumiliacion, and' true rcforniation. Inhu.. : ibtc,by rcafon ofhis flnncs.And therfore Damiliation a man humblcth ·himfClfc vndcr the ePfal.I 19 59 i uid f.1.ith, e I firft conjideredmy WilJCS, a11d then hand of God, making nueconfeffionofall his !./turned my feetcinto thy t4itmonics. The caufe· finncs, from a forrowfu!J heart, condemning I why fo fcwc in the world doe tmlyrcpcnt, is C himfelfc fvrthc f:~mc,and carnefHy crauing par want of confideration fro1n \'V hence: t~ey are · don for them, at the hands ofGod in Chrifl-. I fallen ;. and what be their finne~,:md the dreadReformation is. a change of all bad aCtions into I full iud~ements thereby deferued. For till the good:and if cafcrequire,a making·offatisfaclim~ndc doe truly concciueher own mifcrie,the on vnto others foriniuries donevnto thcrn:Ex-- hcart can neuer rightly hunger~-after mercie: ample hereofwehaue inDA"Ifid;.whp haui~1g Sinnc mull be our grcatcfl- woe, before Chrifl: committed thofe two great finnes of whorebecome our chicfen ioy.Thc fccOndpart ofthis dorp.c and murder, when he was rcproouedby remcdic is Rcpe~tlfncc it fc!fe: fo1~ after a man is Natha_~t,,repcnted, confcffing hi:; fin,ncs., and w~ll acquainttd with his wants, and bath made £he 01\C and fiftie Pfalme, and (as itis throughly confidered ofhis O'-''~c miferie,then thoughr)the 3z.Pfalme,thercin notably~leWhe commcch to rcpent.lnh:mdltng hcrcoffiuc ingboth his humiliation_ inheart,and rcforma.. points arc to be obfcrucd. I. What rcpcnt:mcc tion oflife. So Manaj[es, when hee ';Vas con.. js. 1I. How it is to bee pr>ctifed. I I I. Who uer tqd, b hu repe~trd, hmnhling himfolfc before connl1<1UOdeth it. IV. To whon~c it is cam... God, and pr~Jing for· die pardon ,of hU jimus, mounded. V.For whatthcy muilrepeilt. Go4 heard,him. And thusc,ame the prodigal! Forthcfiril, Repentanc.epropcrly is in the D child·vnto his Father, 'faying, <·Fathed hatu mindc, as the word in this place doth import: fimtedagaiitft heaHen, and hefor_~thu, I amn._ot for it fignificththus much, After fame folly or worthle robe talkd thy fonne, makf mee one of oucdlip to be Octtcr aduifcd. Repentance then thine hired.fcrHMtJ, And fo in all the P(;:~'Jm~s-of in the mind is a change from euifl to good,or a rc~cmancc,wc m~y fee thefe dutics:ofh~t~th~:- 1 turning from finne vnto G_od,ACt-.27.20. R~-: tion and reformauon,ioyotly praChfed,asPfal. pent and t#rne'to God. Wluch latter words ex6.and 38.and77.and I ~0. 14)• \ . I pound the fanner, an~ plaincly ~1ew wha~ rt'.. Here therl~ confide'r th~"fcarefull pr-adifc.of pcntancc is• .And thts ch2ng_e m the mmd-e the Church ofRomc in thc.ir doCltiQcofrepen fhndcth in thiS refolurion, ·whereby aman by tance rccciucd generally for h13ny-hhndied 1Gods g 1 ·acoc purpofCth to le~utc all his former yeare";;Repcntan~c.with.thcm O:andeth in thr~e I finn~s,:~nd to dcaue vato God in holy obedithing's: In contrmon, Ill confcf!ion of ;J.ll h1s ct1cc.>Jnto all bis commandcmcnts. And \V hen finncs to the PricHs,and in Catisfatl.ion to God 1 1 this rcfolution is in the minde, thcrewithall bv good works.But all thcfcthings may awic• · followtth aturning of the \\'hole mat~ i~1 w.ill. k~dmsnddc:For ludai was gricucd fol" betrayin affeCtions and in all the aCt:ions of hts l1fc. ing his mafler;hc confdfed his ~nncs; and al~o l l _'his appcar~th by that defcription Of the pragaueagaine the money V\'hcrewah hce: was~:- 8:ifc of repentance, which p,lu/reduccth to ~cd.A fecopd abufc is, that they make contrmI bs.Chrora. ~·-·---- ~ ~.-----·----·---------------~--------0-"--~·
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