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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.
2. It must be a turning from all sin,1 Isa. 55. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way. A real penitent turns out of the road of sin; every sin is abandoned: As Jehu would have all the Priests of Baal slain, not one must escape, 2 King. 10. 24. So a true convert seeks the destruction of every lust; he knows how dangerous it is to entertain any one sin*. He that hides one rebel in his house, is a traitor to the Crown; and he that indulgeth one sin, is a traitorous Hypocrite.
2. It must be a turning from all sin,1 Isa. 55. 7. Let the wicked forsake his way. A real penitent turns out of the road of sin; every sin is abandoned: As Iehu would have all the Priests of Baal slain, not one must escape, 2 King. 10. 24. So a true convert seeks the destruction of every lust; he knows how dangerous it is to entertain any one sin*. He that hides one rebel in his house, is a traitor to the Crown; and he that indulgeth one sin, is a traiterous Hypocrite.
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- *Ubi regn• peccatum non potest regnare Dei Regnum. Bern.