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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.
3. Repentance is necessary for the1 cheating crew, Psal. 11. 9. 18. Their deceit ⟨p. 87⟩is falsehood; who are wise to do evil*; making use of their invention, only for circumvention: instead of living by their faith, they live by their shifts. These are they who make themselves poor, that by this artifice they may grow rich. I would not be misunderstood, I mean not such as the providence of God hath brought low, whose estates have failed, not their honesty; but such as feign a break, that they may cheat their Creditors. There are some who get more by breaking, than others can by trading: these are like beggars that discolour and blister their arms, that they may move charity; they live by their sores: So these live by their breaking. When the Frost breaks, the streets are more full of water: So many trades-men, when they break, are fuller of money: These make as if they had nothing, but out of this nothing, great estates are created. Remember, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force*, not by fraud. Let men know, after this golden sop▪ the Devil enters: they squeeze a curse into their estates: they had need repent quickly: Though the bread of falsehood be sweet, Prov. 20. 17. yet many vomit up their sweet morsels in Hell.
3. Repentance is necessary for the1 cheating crew, Psal. 11. 9. 18. Their deceit ⟨p. 87⟩is falshood; who are wise to do evil*; making use of their invention, only for circumvention: instead of living by their faith, they live by their shifts. These are they who make themselves poor, that by this artifice they may grow rich. I would not be misunderstood, I mean not such as the providence of God hath brought low, whose estates have failed, not their honesty; but such as feign a break, that they may cheat their Creditors. There are some who get more by breaking, than others can by trading: these are like beggars that discolour and blister their arms, that they may move charity; they live by their sores: So these live by their breaking. When the Frost breaks, the streets are more full of water: So many trades-men, when they break, are fuller of money: These make as if they had nothing, but out of this nothing, great estates are created. Remember, the Kingdom of Heaven is taken by force