The Doctrine of Repentance

1. How far are they from Repentance,¹ who instead of hating sin, love sin. To the godly sin is as a thorn in the eye; to the wicked it is as a crown on the head, Jer. 11. 15. When thou dost evil, then thou rejoicest. Loving of sin is worse than committing it. A good man may run into a sinful action unawares, but to love sin is desperate. What is it makes a Swine, but loving to tumble in the mire? What is it makes a Devil, but loving that which opposeth God? To love sin shows that the will is in sin; and the more of the will in a sin, the greater the sin^*. Wilfulness makes it a sin not to be purged by sacrifice, Heb. 10. 26.

1. How far are they from Repentance,¹ who instead of hating sin, love sin. To the godly sin is as a thorn in the eye; to the wicked it is as a crown on the head, Ier. 11. 15. When thou dost evil, then thou rejoycest. Loving of sin is worse than committing it. A good man may run into a sinful action unawares, but to love sin is desperate. What is it makes a Swine, but loving to tumble in the mire? What is it makes a Devil, but loving that which opposeth God? To love sin shews that the will is in sin; and the more of the will in a sin, the greater the sin^*. Wilfulness makes it a sin not to be purged by sacrifice, Heb. 10. 26.

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2. *Voluntas est mensura actionis.