A Body of Practical Divinity

1. Repentance causeth a Change in the Mind. Whereas before a Man did like Well of Sin, and say in Defence of it, as Jonah, I did well to be angry, Chap. 2.9. So, I did well to Swear, and break the Sabbath. When once a Man becomes a Penitent, his Judgment is changed, he now looks upon Sin as the Greatest Evil. The Greek Word for Repentance, [Greek or Hebrew], signifies After-Wisdom. When having seen how deformed and damnable a thing Sin is, we change our Mind. Paul, before Conversion, verily thought he ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Jesus, Acts 26.9. But when he became a Penitent, now he was of another Mind. Phil. 3.8. I count all things but loss for the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ Jesus. Repentance causeth a Change of Judgment.

1. Repentance causeth a Change in the Mind. Whereas before a Man did like Well of Sin, and say in Defence of it, as Ionah, I did well to be angry, Chap. 2.9. So, I did well to Swear, and break the Sabbath. When once a Man becomes a Penitent, his Judgment is chang'd, he now looks upon Sin as the Greatest Evil. The Greek Word for Repentance, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, signifies After-Wisdom. When having seen how deformed and damnable a thing Sin is, we change our Mind. Paul, before Conversion, verily thought he ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Iesus, Acts 26.9. But when he became a Penitent, now he was of another Mind. Phil. 3.8. I count all things but loss for the Excellency of the Knowledge of Christ Iesus. Repentance causeth a Change of Judgment.

2. Repentance causeth a Change in the Affections, which move under the Will, as the Commander in Chief. Repentance doth metamorphize the Affections. It turns rejoicing in Sin into Sorrow for Sin: It turns Boldness in Sin into holy Shame: It turns the Love of Sin into Hatred. As Amnon hated Tamar more than ever he loved her,