A65293:156
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.
1. Of the Faculties. 2. Of the Object.
1. Hatred is universal in respect of the Faculties: That is, there is a dislike of sin, not only in the judgement, but in the will and affections: For many an one is convinced that sin is a vile thing, and in his judgement hath an aversation from it, but yet he tastes sweetness, and hath a secret complacency in it. Here is a disliking sin in the judgement, and an embracing it in the affections*: Whereas in true Repentance, the hatred of sin is in all the faculties; not only in the intellectual part, but chiefly in the will, Rom. 7. 15. What I hate, that do I. Paul was not free from sin, yet his will was against it.
1. Hatred is universal in respect of the Faculties: That is, there is a dislike of sin, not only in the judgement, but in the will and affections: For many an one is convinced that sin is a vile thing, and in his judgement hath an aversation from it, but yet he tasts sweetness, and hath a secret complacency in it. Here is a disliking sin in the judgement, and an embracing it in the affections