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Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the…Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the…
Englands antidote against the plague of civill war presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...Englands antidote against the plague of civill warre presented in a sermon before the Honourable House of Commons on their late extraordinary solemn fast, October 22, 1644 / by Edmund Calamy ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Christopher Meredith, 1652
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.
Thirdly and especially, Most people think they repent, when they do not. And I believe that the reason why so many go to hell, is not so much for want of repentance as for want of a right repentance. We read, Act. 11. 18. of a repentance unto life, and 2 Cor. 7. 10. of a repentance never to be repented on: where note there is a repentance which is not unto life, and a repentance to be repented on. Repentance is a rare jewel. But as there is no jewel but it may be counterfeit, so there is no grace but it may be counterfeited: As there is a counterfeit faith, a dead carcass of faith, so there is a bastardly repentance, poenitentia spuria & non genuina; or as Austin calls it, Poenitentia infructuosa. And as a counterfeit jewel is nothing worth, no more is a counterfeit repentance. And as many are undone by the buying of a counterfeit jewel: so there are many in hell through the mistake of this jewel, that yet thought it may be, they had repented aright, and so might all their friends possibly think likewise. Now therefore the great question will be, What is that repentance unto life, that repentance never to be repented on, which if I have, I may assure my self that I am in the state of salvation?
Thirdly and especially, Most people think they repent, when they do not. And I beleeve that the reason why so many goe to hell, is not so much for want of repentance as for want of a right repentance. We reade, Act. 11. 18. of a repentance unto life, and 2 Cor. 7. 10. of a repentance never to be repented on: where note there is a repentance which is not unto life, and a repentance to be repented on. Repentance is a rare jewell. But as there is no jewel but it may be counterfeit, so there is no grace but it may be counterfeited: As there is a counterfeit faith, a dead carcasse of faith, so there is a bastardly repentance, poenitentia spuria & non genuina; or as Austin cals it, Poenitentia infructuosa. And as a counterfeit jewell is nothing worth, no more is a counterfeit repentance. And as many are undone by the buying of a counterfeit jewel: so there are many in hell through the mistake of this jewel, that yet thought it may be, they had repented aright, and so might all their friends possibly think likewise. Now therefore the great question will be, What is that repentance unto life, that repentance never to be repented on, which if I have, I may assure my self that I am in the state of salvation?