Remains of that reverend and learned divine, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in…Remaines of that reverend and learned divine, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in…

This showeth unto us the vanity of the Popish ⟨p. 23⟩¹doctrine, which makes but three parts of Repentance, Confession, Contrition, Satisfaction, all these had Judas, yet who can say he truly repented; one may do all that they say, yet be damned.

This sheweth unto us the vanity of the Popish ⟨p. 23⟩¹doctrine, which makes but three parts of Repentance, Confession, Contrition, Satisfaction, all these had Iudas, yet who can say he truly repented; one may doe all that they say, yet be damned.

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Let men then look to themselves that have not ¹gone as far as Judas, namely, have not repented, confessed, and restored; for though these be in false repentance, yet are they in true also; only in false there are these only, in true there is these and more also: for as the guilt in counterfeit gold (which makes it like the true) is good; so the fault is, that it is not throughout, such as the outside is; so these things in false repentance are good, the fault is, that their grounds are not good also.

Let men then looke to themselves that have not ¹gone as farre as Iudas, namely, have not repented, confessed, and restored; for though these be in false repentance, yet are they in true also; onely in false there are these onely, in true there is these and more also: for as the guilt in counterfeit gold (which makes it like the true) is good; so the fault is, that it is not throughout, such as the outside is; so these things in false repentance are good, the fault is, that their grounds are not good also.