::'f"· )- - . ;he 'l..Chap. if the 'R!'IJel. ~~;-,:- J ---- young m' nwill take his ple,furc·in"his-youtli, A I ant {Jnnc of fornicotion, bcca.:!c it '"~sa prin- ~ ---1 I and repent when he is old J but hereby he robc1pall fin ne 111 .her: for _fhcc bottl p~atl,fcd lt 111 beth ChriCl: of his honour; v ..·ho onely hath her dwne bodrc, and fo made her telfe the Ha... ! power to point out the time o~r~pcn~ancc.~JC blc of the ?c~ill ; wl~o J~1~Uld ha~~ bce~c d:e i therefore the rime prcfcnr wlulc thou ha!\ >t, Temple~~ (,ads holy fpmt: and ado t!Jau;"'' I ;md dcfcrrc not repentance; fo:- how knowcll ~cd _thiS hnnc).an~ fo drew othcTs theno. No\V thou rb:u thou fna:t liucto be old?And though JpccJall and pn,nCipaU repentance muH bee of thou dodl yet how canll thou cell whether principall finncs. . ... God will giuc thee repentance, Co~fi_dering f;l~rc rhen is apatrerneforaJ1 Gnn~rs ho~. tb Thevjt. thou <lidH refufc, whilehe clllcd for tt :· Men pracbfc repentance. Tbey mufi: bcgu1ne With Ithinkc that if theydie quicdy 3nd peaceably; their c:tpit:dJ finnes , wh1ch bunhen their 3U is :.ell they ooc to hcaucn llraight : but confcicncc, and wherctd they arc moit addihcrcwith ~nany a~e dc~.·eiued; for vnldfc they dcd,and repcn_r ofthem. For the ti1an that tru·_, haue rrudy repented, the>: go~ firaight to th.c lly rcpenu:rh ofone finne , rtpcmet~ of aiJ ! fat, dcuill, lcrthcir m~nncrot dy~ng be~ what lt . true repenr:mcemakcth the hear~ a!t~e a.ffeClcd will. Aquiq de:lth IS a comfortable thtng, but . to all llnncs: And that heart wluch IS brought no fure fignc ofgraGr, bccaufe it nlly come by B I to haec his fp~ciall finncs, .will net.1cr , ~p .. rcafon offome ea fie lingering ll.ckcndfe. Can... ptoouc of pewc finncs~ Th1s ldfon . ought fi-aering therefore wee haue no-tide vmo this carefully tobee learned and put in praClifc: For· grace of repentance, eo ~laimc it at our plea• the rcpcnc:mcc of moH men isonely in gene.. fi1rc, it bccin~ the rare g1ft of God; nor ~ny r:lll, to fay we arc a.l~ fi~1lers 1 Lord ha~e mercy Icafe ofour lite, but beemeere tc~ams at Will; vpon me, or God forgmc me. But this confulet vs fec:kc to turnc YntO God wid'l fullpraife fed repentance is not good, it fiarids v.:irh a ofhean,while ic is c:tllcd to day:and ifwe haue purpofc eo fin ne againc.ln particular therefore. I I begun let vs daily renew this grace tOJ.he cndr: we mu{l fe;trch our confdenccs 1 and feew.herc... of our life. in we hauc moll dil1ionourcd God, and whJt Thirdly, confider to whome God giues finne h:nh ncercll: phmged our foulc-s to the" fpaccof repentance: namely, eo a W1ck~dwupit of hell ; and with th:lt wecmt1lt begipne tO' ma11 , as wicked as t~-:a6~1.' Whcrcfn b:hold bring our foulc to hcaucn, by repenring crucly the endddfc mcrcie: ot Cod, that vnto fuch a for the fame, and turning from it with all our . wicked perfon,who blafphcmed god, infachc.. hearts. . ~ · ring her finne:s vpon the fpirit of grace, nnd C Hence thePapi.fis garhct th~t man hath free difhonourcd God by fcducing his feruanrs, will to doe th•' wBich is truely good before. doch yet vouchfafc a time of repe"ntaricc. This Cod, as namely to repent : for, fay chcy, Gotl hath beene an4 is the dealing of God wirh (,~tu~ l~:r..ah~lfpactof tlmno r~ptnr, and theremoll grienous JinnC:rs. M anaffe$ was one that tOre fbee had power tO repent, or clfe the gifold himfclfc to workc wickedncffe, giuing liing ofthat time vmo her had bcene in ·vaine. himfclfe to Sorccric and Idolatric; and yetvp- .Anfw.Thereafon is naught: it followcrh not onhis hearric repentanceGod rccducd him to bcca»fe GOd gaue her rime c6 repi:nt,therefore mcrcie. And S~t!omon fell moll fearc;fully, but fl1ce had powC'r ofhtr 1Clfc to rcpent:as wil eayet before' his death, wee may perfwadc our fily appearc: if we confidef the ends for which fclucs he repented and was receiUe~ io mcrcic; God giues me.n fpace and titnc of repe11tancc, for he w:ts a pen-man of Scripture, all which and commandcmcnt fo to de?c. The endes arc were holy men of God, as P~ter f<iirl.1, z. Pet. two, I. Th~c in that time ofrepentance "''h,ic~ a Jtu.1o. 1 ; :zo. The Ifraclitcs w~rc a a peopl~ofSodom~, he all.ottcth to men, hcc may giu<; his children andof Gomon-ha, as bad as thofc who are congrace, whcre.by they may bee enabled to obey demncd inhell, and yet merde is offered 'Vnto: 0 his COitm1arrdcmcnt and eo repem;for the Lord thcmvpon their true repentance and'conuerfi... vfcth the corritnJndcmen[s and thrcatnin.gs of on. 1 the Llwc, and the promi(es ofthe Gofpd , as T1Jt-;;fo. Hereby no man mufir~kc ocbfion to Iiuc in oucward·~,ean~s o! giuing gra~e vmo n1en Py j his 11nncs:but chafe that fcclc thcmfducs laden the workcofh!Srplrlt. U. He glrtc:th comrvanWith the huge burden of their tranfgreffions ~ clement and time to repent, tha:- men m:1y fee hauc here a comfon.to keep them from dcfpair: whatthey {hould doe, no~ vvhatthey can doe : for if they can humble thcmfclue:s, and turn~ aud th~t,~t!'c'wickcd may bs ~~!E_hoJit c:x_cu(:: at vnto Chrift, and pr•y forthe patclbh of their the day of' iudgeme11t, and be; afhamed of finncs,thercis yet with the Lord mercy in ftorc tb('idlaueric and bondage vnto finn~iri this that they ""Y be f•u<d. ' life. , · \ . ~ . Lallly, C_hriH faith;·n~~glfu~ h~t-.fiMc~to r~- A11d f/;eer~pented not·.' ~Here the fin'ne of'.ft'. pent of hn-fornication, No cfoubt fhee had m~- :::..abclisd:pl effcrl, nat,nely,hcr impCn;u,_ci~-.lf»d nyother !i.1,neswhereof!he wa~ to'repcnc for1 h11rdn~ffe of'h}art : Whereby wlchour: renl6r'fe no Gnnc gocth alone, but ·euery _dpicall dnn'e l11ec liued i~1 h~tfolrn~c.~fLbH ~\nd idoi:ittit>;F~T clra\'<'cth many with it: Chrilt HiS meaninof the vnderllal1dmg ofthts her linnc,two poiurs t_herdor~ ts not that fhec fhould"!Ct paffc otHfr: are eo bee ha~1dkd. I. Where this finne 0 fj 111 .. . -1-- ll:ll~s Without repentance : buthcnJmcrh this pcnitencie is forbidden ·in Gods _:,ord. I _I. I Fff 2 What
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