A55305:513
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
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.
1. As it is a Principle of Evangelical Sorrow. Sin is contracted with pleasure and must be dissolved with sorrow, and ⟨p. 396⟩this dissolution will not be kindly, unless the Sorrow be Evangelical; Legal Sorrow is a preparative to Conversion, but Evangelical is an essential ingredient in it; in Legal sorrow the Heart breaks under the Fears of Hell and Death, but in Evangelical it thaws under the Beams of free Grace; it melts for the exceeding sinfulness of Sin, it bleeds over the bleeding Wounds of Christ, it grieves at the grievings of the holy Spirit, it blushes and shames it self for the stains cast upon Gods Glory, & it is offended & full fraught with displicency at its many & great offences of the divine Majesty. This is [Greek or Hebrew], sorrow according to God, 2 Cor. 7. 10. Sorrow for Sin as Sin, such as God would have. This turns the sweet morsels of Sin into bitter herbs, and the pleasant streams of lust into blood; hereby Sin is in some degree loosened out of the Heart.
1. As it is a Principle of Evangelical Sorrow. Sin is contracted with pleasure and must be dissolved with sorrow, and ⟨p. 396⟩this dissolution will not be kindly, unless the Sorrow be Evangelical; Legal Sorrow is a preparative to Conversion, but Evangelical is an essential ingredient in it; in Legal sorrow the Heart breaks under the Fears of Hell and Death, but in Evangelical it thaws under the Beams of free Grace; it melts for the exceeding sinfulness of Sin, it bleeds over the bleeding Wounds of Christ, it grieves at the grievings of the holy Spirit, it blushes and shames it self for the stains cast upon Gods Glory, & it is offended & full fraught with displicency at its many & great offences of the divine Majesty. This is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, sorrow according to God, 2 Cor. 7. 10. Sorrow for Sin as Sin, such as God would have. This turns the sweet morsels of Sin into bitter herbs, and the pleasant streams of lust into blood; hereby Sin is in some degree loosened out of the Heart.