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First, That all you that pretend to a right Repentance, be persuaded¹ to examine your selves whether you have this medicine with the five ingredients, this golden chain with the five links. There are some that will confess their sins, but it is with dry eyes and hard hearts. Others that will mourn for their sins, but not forsake them. Others will forsake some sins, but not all. Some forsake sin outwardly but not inwardly: some forsake sin, but do not turn to God: some forsake sin, but do not make restitution. If a child be born without his legs, or arms, or eyes; we say it is a monster, a deformed child: Such a monstrous kind of repentance most people have. Some have a leg of repentance, some have an arm of repentance, but few have the whole child of repentance. Herod had a leg of repentance, he reformed in many things; but his repentance was but a lame repentance. Balaam had a kind of repentance, and so had Jehu; but it was but a monster, not the perfect child of repentance. Examine seriously and let conscience speak: Hast thou the child of repentance formed in thee with every limb in truth; though not in perfection? Say not thou repentest aright unless thou hast all the links of this golden chain.

First, That all you that pretend to a right Repentance, be perswaded¹ to examine your selves whether you have this medicine with the five ingredients, this golden chain with the five links. There are some that will confesse their sinnes, but it is with dry eyes and hard hearts. Others that will mourn for their sinnes, but not forsake them. Others will forsake some sinnes, but not all. Some forsake sinne outwardly but not inwardly: some forsake sinne, but do not turn to God: some forsake sinne, but do not make restitution. If a childe be born without his legges, or arms, or eyes; we say it is a monster, a deformed childe: Such a monstrous kinde of repentance most people have. Some have a leg of repentance, some have an arm of repentance, but few have the whole childe of repentance. Herod had a leg of repentance, he reformed in many things; but his repentance was but a lame repentance. Balaam had a kinde of repentance, and so had Iehu; but it was but a monster, not the perfect childe of repentance. Examine seriously and let conscience speak: Hast thou the childe of repentance formed in thee with every limb in truth; though not in perfection? Say not thou repentest aright unlesse thou hast all the links of this golden chain.