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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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14. As there is a Congruity; So repentance floweth by natural consequence from a regenerated and sanctified heart: For seeing regeneration is taking away the heart of stone, and giving an ⟨p. 159⟩heart of flesh, thereby also is given a flexibleness and tenderness, and aptness to relent, because God is dishonoured. As there is in children a natural impression to mourn and relent, when a father is displeased, so that this godly sorrow floweth from a gracious heart; as a stream from the fountain, as fruit from the tree. From this inward principle David doth so heartily mourn and pray; from this Peter goeth out, and weeps bitterly. It is therefore a vain Question to ask, Why a godly man is humbled for sin, it is as if you should ask, Why a child mourneth for the death of his father? That love of God within him, which doth abundantly prevail, and reign there, is like fire that doth melt and soften. So that as natural forms are the principles of actions, which flow from them: Thus is a supernatural principle of grace within, the ground of all spiritual actions that issue thence from, but although it flow as a fruit, yet many times this stream is obstructed or dried up.
14. As there is a Congruity; So repentance floweth by naturall consequence from a regenerated and sanctified heart: For seeing regeneration is taking away the heart of stone, and giving an ⟨p. 159⟩heart of flesh, thereby also is given a flexiblenesse and tendernesse, and aptnesse to relent, because God is dishonoured. As there is in children a natural impression to mourn and relent, when a father is displeased, so that this godly sorrow floweth from a gracious heart; as a stream from the fountain, as fruit from the tree. From this inward principle David doth so heartily mourn and pray; from this Peter goeth out, and weeps bitterly. It is therefore a vain Question to ask, Why a godly man is humbled for sinne, it is as if you should ask, Why a childe mourneth for the death of his father? That love of God within him, which doth abundantly prevail, and reign there, is like fire that doth melt and soften. So that as naturall forms are the principles of actions, which flow from them: Thus is a supernatural principle of grace within, the ground of all spiritual actions that issue thencefrom, but although it flow as a fruit, yet many times this stream is obstructed or dried up.