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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.
The Doctrine of Repentance.
Odium Abominationis, & Odium Inimicitiae.
1. There is an hatred of Abomination, 1or loathing, Ezek. 36. 31. Ye shall loath your selves for your iniquities. A true penitent is a sin-loather. If a man loath that which makes his stomach sick, much more that which makes his conscience sick: 'Tis more to loath sin, than to leave it. One may leave sin for fear, as in a storm the Plate and Jewels are cast overboard: but the nauseating and loathing of sin, argues a detestation of it. Christ is never loved, till sin be loathed. Heaven is never longed for, till sin be loathed. When the soul sees an issue of blood running, he cries out, Lord, when shall I be freed from this body of death? When shall I put off these filthy garments of sin, and have the fair mitre of glory set upon my head