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Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voice of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached…Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voyce of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached…
Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voice of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached in Saint Peters Church at Westminster before divers of the right honourable the lords of the upper House in the high court of Parliament : on the last public fast day, being Wednesday the 22th of December 1641 : wherein the miserable estate of the kingdom of Ireland at this present is laid open and the people and kingdom of England earnestly exhorted to turn to Almighty God by true repentance least the same judgements or worse fall upon us / by the laborious and reverend Doctor James Usher ...Vox hibernæ, or, Rather the voyce of the Lord from Ireland a sermon preached in Saint Peters Church at Westminster before divers of the right honourable the lords of the upper House in the high court of Parliament : on the last publike fast day, being Wednesday the 22th of December 1641 : wherein the miserable estate of the kingdome of Ireland at this present is laid open and the people and kingdome of England earnestlie exhorted to turne to Almight God by true repentance least the same iudgements or worse fall upon us / by the laborious and reverend Doctor Iames Vsher ...
London: printed for John Nicolson, 1642London: printed for Iohn Nicolson, 1642
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We read in the Scripture of repentance for sin, and we read of repentance from sin.
Wee read in the Scripture of repentance for sinne, and we read of repentance from sinne.
So the Apostle to the Corinthians, saith thus; least my God should humble me before you; for there are many that repent not of their abomination. and Acts. 8. 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickedness.
So the Apostle to the Corinthians, saith thus; least my God should humble me before you; for there are many that repent not of their abhomination. and Acts. 8. 22. Repent therefore of this thy wickednesse.
Repentance hath two looks like Janus with two faces it looks backward, and it looks forward, when it looks backwards it looks upon the thing that is done, and because that is done, cannot be undone, therefore it weeps, and wails, and grieves, that thing is done to Gods dishonour, which cannot be undone, that is repentance when a man looks upon sin, rending himself, and is sorrowful for what is past, that's but the first part of repentance.
Repentance hath two lookes like Ianus with two faces it lookes backward, and it lookes forward, when it lookes backwards it lookes upon the thing that is done, and because that is done, cannot be undone, therefore it weeps, and wailes, and greives, that thing is done to Gods dishonour, which cannot be undone, that is repentance when a man looks upon sin, rending himselfe, and is sorrowfull for what is past, thats but the first part of repentance.