A65293:116
The Doctrine of Repentance
The doctrine of repentance, useful for these times by Tho. Watson ...
London: printed by R.W. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668
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.
Confession of sin endears Christ to the soul. If I say. I am a sinner, how precious will Christs blood be to me! When Paul had confessed a body of sin, he presently breaks forth into a gratulatory triumph for Christ, Rom. 7. 25. Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ*. If a debtor confess a Judgement, yet the creditor will not exact the debt, but appoint his own Son to pay it, will not the debtor be very thankful? So when we confess the de• and that though we should for ever […] ⟨p. 38⟩in Hell we cannot pay it; that God should appoint his own Son to lay down his blood for the payment of our debt, how is free-grace magnified, and Jesus Christ eternally loved and admired!
Confession of sin endears Christ to the soul. If I say. I am a sinner, how precious will Christs blood be to me! When Paul had confessed a body of sin, he presently breaks forth into a gratulatory triumph for Christ, Rom. 7. 25. Thanks be to God through Iesus Christ*. If a debtor confess a Iudgement, yet the creditor will not exact the debt, but appoint his own Son to pay it, will not the debtor be very thankful? So when we confess the de• and that though we should for ever 〈…〉 ⟨p. 38⟩in Hell we cannot pay it; that God should appoint his own Son to lay down his blood for the payment of our debt, how is free-grace magnified, and Jesus Christ eternally loved and admired!
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