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God's anger
God's anger ; and, Man's comfort two sermons / preached and published by Tho. Adams.
London: printed by Tho. Maxey for Samuel Man, 1652
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To conclude, crosses are but the pursuivants to fetch in repentance: and afflictions, but Gods letters, missive for mortification. When we are fallen into some ⟨p. 87⟩heinous transgressions, we may better say then in our other trouble, this will cost hot water: For so it will indeed: it will cost the hot waters of our tears from our eyes, or it will cost the warm blood of our hearts. Our godly sorrow for our sins, is like the Pool of Bethesda: when that Angel from heaven, gracious repentance hath troubled the waters, the lazarous soul does but step into them, and is cured. For all our spiritual diseases, this is the remedy, upon which we may safely write, Probatum est.
To conclude, crosses are but the pursuivants to fetch in repentance: and afflictions, but Gods letters, missive formortification. When we are fallen into some ⟨p. 87⟩hainous transgressions, we may better say then in our other trouble, this will cost hot water: For so it will indeed: it wil cost the hot waters of our tears from our eyes, or it will cost the warm blood of our hearts. Our godly sorrow for our sins, is like the Pool of Bethesda: when that Angel from heaven, gracious repentance hath troubled the waters, the lazarous soul does but step into them, and is cured. For all our spiritual diseases, this is the remedy, upon which we may safely write, Probatum est.
We have made our selves sick by sinning: God is the Physician, and he prescribes: Affliction is the Apothecary, and he prepares: the Medicine is Repentance, and that infallibly cures. It is a broken heart that makes us whole. God loves a true heart, and a clean heart, and an honest heart, and an humble heart: yea and he loves a broken heart too. The broken and contrite heart, O God thou wilt not despise. It is true, that we 1are bound to love him with our whole heart: but if it be broken with penitential sorrow for sin, he will heal the fracture, redintegrate the heart, and reaccept it wholly to himself. A contrite heart, broken in pieces with sorrow, and pickled up in brinish tears, is a sacrifice that God will not reject.