A65293:172
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.
Sin is the cause of affliction; and the1 cause is more than the effect. The sword of Gods justice lies quiet in the scabbard •ill sin draws it out.
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Affliction is good for us, Psal. 119. 71.1 It is good for me that I was afflicted. Affliction causeth Repentance, 2 Chron. 33. 12. The Viper being stricken, casts up its poison. So Gods Rod striking us, we spit away the poison of sin. Affliction betters our grace. Gold is purest, and Juniper sweetest in the fire. Affliction prevents damnation, 1 Cor. 11. 32. Therefore Maurice the Emperor prayed to God to punish him in this life, that he might not be punished hereafter. So that affliction is many ways for our good*; but sin hath no good in it. Manasseh's affliction brought him to humiliation, but Judas his sin brought him to desperation▪
Affliction is good for us, Psal. 119. 71.1 It is good for me that I was afflicted. Affliction causeth Repentance, 2 Chron. 33. 12. The Viper being stricken, casts up its poison. So Gods Rod striking us, we spit away the poison of sin. Affliction betters our grace. Gold is purest, and Juniper sweetest in the fire. Affliction prevents damnation,