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But now the sorrow, the grief of wicked men for sin, 'tis like a morning cloud, or the early dew, or the crackling of thorns under a pot, or a Post that quickly passeth by, or a dream that soon vanisheth, or like a tale that is told, &c. their sorrowful hearts and mournful eyes soon dry up together. As you may see in Esau, Ahab, Pharaoh and Judas; but the streams of godly sorrow will last and run, as long as sin hangs upon us, and dwells in us, 1 Cor. 15.9. I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. Psal. 25.7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. David prayeth to the Lord, not only to forgive but also to forget, both the sins of his youth, and the sins of his age. David remembered all his faults, both of former and of later times. David was well in years when he defiled himself with Bathsheba; and this he remembers and mourns over, Psal. 51. And 'tis very observable, that God charged his people for to remember old sins, Deut. 9.7. Remember and forget not how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness. Repentance is a grace, and must have its daily operation as well as other graces, witness the very covenant of grace it self, Ezek. 16.62, 63. I will establish my covenant with thee, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord, that thou mayest remember and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more, because of thy shame, when I am pacified towards thee for all that thou hast done. Certainly a true penitent can no more satisfy himself with one act of repentance, than he can satisfy himself with one act of faith, or or with one act of hope, or with one act of love, or with one act of humility, or with one act of patience, or with one act of self-denial. Godly sorrow is a Gospel-grace that will live and last as well and as long as other graces, 'tis a spring that in this life can never be drawn dry.

But now the sorrow, the grief of wicked men for sin, 'tis like a morning cloud, or the early dew, or the crackling of thorns under a pot, or a Post that quickly passeth by, or a dream that soon vanisheth, or like a tale that is told, &c. their sorrowful hearts and mournful eyes soon dry up together. As you may see in Esau, Ahab, Pharaoh and Judas; but the streams of godly sorrow will last and run, as long as sin hangs upon us, and dwells in us,