The Doctrine of Repentance

Sin is the cursed thing*, the most misshapen¹ Monster. The Apostle useth a² very emphatical word to express it, Rom. 7. 13. That sin might become exceeding sinful; or as it is in the Greek, hyperbolically sinful^*. Now that sin is an hyperbolical mischief, and deserves hatred, will appear, if we look upon sin in a fourfold notion.

1. 1Answ.
2. 2[Greek or Hebrew] Josh. 7. 13.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Josh. 7. 13.
3. *[Greek or Hebrew]. Perinde est, ac si scelestum scelus dicas. Beza. Peccatum peccaminosum. Erasm. Eximium. Grotius.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Perinde est, ac si scelestum scelus dicas. Beza. Peccatum peccaminosum. Erasm. Eximium. Grotius.

1. Look upon sin in the original of it, whence it comes; it fetcheth its pedigree from Hell, 1 Joh. 3. 8. He that commiteth sin is of the Devil, for the Devil sinneth from the beginning. Sin is the Devils proper work. 'Tis true, God hath a hand in ordering sin, but Satan hath an hand in acting it. Now how hateful is it to be doing that which is the peculiar work of the Devil? nay which makes men Devils