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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.
What positive mercies have we had!1 1. Supplying mercy. God hath been a bountiful benefactor, Gen. 48. 15. The God which fed me all my life long to this day. What man will spread a table for his enemy? we have been enemies, yet God hath fed us; he hath given us the horn of Oil; he hath made the honey-comb of mercy drop upon us. God hath been as kind to us, as if we had been his best servants; and will not this supplying mercy lead us to Repentance?
What positive mercies have we had!1 1. Supplying mercy. God hath been a bountiful benefactor, Gen. 48. 15. The God which fed me all my life long to this day. What man will spread a table for his enemy? we have been enemies, yet God hath fed us; he hath given us the horn of Oyl; he hath made the hony-comb of mercy drop upon us. God hath been as kind to us, as if we had been his best servants; and will not this supplying mercy lead us to Repentance?
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2. Delivering mercy. When we have been ⟨p. 165⟩at the gates of the grave, God hath miraculously spun out our lives; he hath turned the shadow of death into the morning, and hath put a song of deliverance into our mouth; and will not delivering mercy lead us to Repentance? The Lord hath laboured to break our hearts with his mercies. We read Judg. 2.—When the Angel (which was a Prophet) had preached a Sermon of mercy, the people lifted up their voices and wept, vers 4. If any thing will move tears, it should be the mercy of God. He is an obstinate sinner indeed, whom these great Cable-Ropes of Gods mercy will not draw to Repentance.