Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

The fourth benefit that a Christian hath by the Spirit is this, it will make the heart good: because it is the proper ¹work of the holy ghost to sanctify the heart, that is to cleanse, and change it, and so make it good. It is the work of the Spirit, to work repentance, a thorough change, because men for the most part mistake repentance. That is men do think, that if they be turned this way and that way, from this sin, and from that sin: though it be not from every sin and evil way, that they have true repentance, but they are deceived. For repentance is a true change of the whole man consisting both of soul and body, whereby the parts and faculties of both, are turned a quite contrary way: That is, the heart is turned out of the way of sin into the way of holiness. Now that a partial turning is not repentance I will make it clear by this comparison.

The fourth benefit that a Christian hath by the Spirit is this, it will make the heart good: because it is the proper ¹work of the holy ghost to sanctifie the heart, that is to cleanse, and change it, and so make it good. It is the work of the Spirit, to work repentance, a thorow change, because men for the most part mistake repentance. That is men do think, that if they be turned this way and that way, from this sin, and from that sin: though it be not from every sin and evil way, that they have true repentance, but they are deceived. For repentance is a true change of the whole man consisting both of soul and body, whereby the parts and faculties of both, are turned a quite contrary way: That is, the heart is turned out of the way of sin into the way of holiness. Now that a partial turning is not repentance I will make it clear by this comparison.

1. 14. Benefit.

Take any natural thing that is of an earthly substance, whose nature is to go downwards. Yet you may force it upwards by means that you may use.