The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made

And thus much concerning the second mean, to the stirring up of sorrow for our sin, that next unto Prayer we should look in Gods law spiritually. The which looking, if we use with prayer, as I said, let us not doubt, but at the length God's spirit will work, as now to such as believe; for to the unbelievers ⟨p. 28⟩all is in vain, (their eyes are stark blind, they can see nothing) to such as believe (I say) I trust something is done even already. But if neither by prayer, nor by diligent looking into Gods law spiritually, as yet thy hard, unbelieving heart feeleth sorrow, nor lamenting for thy sin. Thirdly, look upon the tag tied to Gods Law: for to his Law there is a tag tied, that is, a penalty, and that no small one, but such an one, as cannot but make us cast our currish tails between our legs, if we believe it; for all is in vain, if we be faithless, not to believe before we feel.

And thus much concerning the second mean, to the stirring up of sorrow for our sinne, that next unto Prayer we should look in Gods law spiritually. The which looking, if we use with prayer, as I said, let us not doubt, but at the length God's spirit will work, as now to such as believe; for to the unbelievers ⟨p. 28⟩all is in vaine, (their eyes are starke blind, they can see nothing) to such as believe (I say) I trust something is done even already. But if neither by prayer, nor by diligent looking into Gods law spiritually, as yet thy hard, unbelieving heart feeleth sorrow, nor lamenting for thy sinne. Thirdly, look upon the tagge tied to Gods Law: for to his Law there is a tagge tied, that is, a penalty, and that no small one, but such an one, as cannot but make us cast our currish tailes between our leggs, if we believe it; for all is in vaine, if wee be faithlesse, not to beleeve before wee feele.

This tag, is Gods malediction or curse. Maledictus omnis (saith it) qui non permanet in omnibus quoe scripta sunt in libro legis, ut faciat eam. Lo, accursed (saith he) is all, no exception, all, saith God which continueth not in all things (for he that is guilty of one is guilty of the whole, saith St James) in all things therefore (saith the Holy Ghost) which are written in the book of the Law to do them, He saith not, to hear them, to talk of them, to dispute of them, but, to do them.