The Soul's Preparation for Christ

The second use is a word of instruction;¹ Is this contrition? and doth it bring forth such fruits? then true broken godly sorrow is rare in the world, and there are few that have it even amongst those that think themselves some body in the bosom of the Church; therefore save me a labour, and cast your eyes abroad in the world and enquire in the houses and villages where you dwell, and knock at your neighbours hearts, and say, is there any broken hearts here? it will appear, there are but few broken hearts here to be found amongst the professors of the Gospel; and so, few shall be saved.

The second use is a word of instruction;¹ Is this contrition? and doth it bring forth such fruits? thē true brokē godly sorrow is rare in the world, and there are few that have it even amongst those that thinke themselves some body in the bosome of the Church; therefore save me a labour, and cast your eyes abroad in the world and enquire in the houses and villages where you dwell, and knocke at your neighbours hearts, and say, is there any broken hearts here? it will appeare, there are but few broken hearts here to be found amongst the professors of the Gospell; and so, few shall be saved.

1. 1Use 2.Vse 2.

If this true hatred be a true evidence of broken heartednesse, what will become of a world of profane persons, that are carried on with the pursuit of sin, from which they will not be plucked; the drunkard will have his cups, and the adulterer his queans, and the chapman his false weights; they are so far from this dislike of sin, that they hate every thing save sin; they hate the godly magistrate that would punish them; nay, they hate the Lord himself, and say, it was pity ⟨p. 258⟩