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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhill, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of the prophesy of Hosea being first delivered in several lectures at Michaels Cornhil, London / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being the seventh book published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1651
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AN EXPOSITION Of the PROPHESY of HOSEA. › Chapter 12 › Verse 7: VER. 7.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Reason is this, That 'tis impossible that any kind of repentance can be accepted of God without restitution, the reason is; because, That if I have power to restore, all the while I do not restore I do continue in the 1sin, I do not only wrong the man just the very hour I have deceived him, but all the while I keep that which is his in my hand, this is the argument that repentance can never be accepted of God that may stand or doth ⟨p. 321⟩stand with a wilful continuance in the sin that a man seems to repent of, Do I repent of my sin, and yet wilfully continue in the sin? I say, Wilful, for I have it in my hand to restore: Oh but I shall undo my self; I but that's wilful still, Is it better for thee to keep an estate, or to keep a sin? Now certainly any man that hath any light must needs acknowledge thus much, That if I truly repent me of my sin, I must do what possibly I can to undo my sin; Can I say, I am heartily sorry for a sin, when I do not what I can for to undo that sin again if I can?
The Reason is this, That 'tis impossible that any kind of repentance can be accepted of God without restitution, the reason is; because, That if I have power to restore, all the while I do not restore I do continue in the 1sin, I do not only wrong the man just the verie hour I have deceived him, but all the while I keep that which is his in my hand, this is the argument that repentance can never be accepted of God that may stand or doth ⟨p. 321⟩stand with a wilful continuance in the sin that a man seems to repent of, Do I repent of my sin, and yet wilfully continue in the sin? I say, Wilful, for I have it in my hand to restore: Oh but I shall undo my self; I but that's wilful still, Is it better for thee to keep an estate, or to keep a sin? Now certainly any man that hath anie light must needs acknowledg thus much, That if I truly repent me of my sin, I must do what possibly I can to undo my sin; Can I say, I am heartilie sorrie for a sin, when I do not what I can for to undo that sin again if I can?
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