The Doctrine of Repentance

3. A third means conducible to Repentance,¹ is, a settled determination to •eave sin; not a faint velleity, but a resolved vow, Psal. 119. 106. I have sworn •hat I will keep thy righteous judgements. All the delights and artifices of sin shall not make me forsworn. There must be no hesitation, no consulting with flesh and blood; had I best leave my sin or no? But as Ephraim, Hos. 14. 8. What have I to do any more with Idols^*? I will be gulled no more by my sins, no longer fooled by Satan; this day I will put a bill of divorce into the hands of my lusts. Till we come to this peremptory resolution, sin will get ground of us, and we ⟨p. 172⟩shall never be able to shake off this Viper. No wonder if he be conquered by sin, who is not resolved to be an enemy to it.

3. A third means conducible to Re•entance,¹ is, a settled determination to •eave sin; not a faint velleity, but a resolved vow, Psal. 119. 106. I have sworn •hat I will keep thy righteous judgements. All the delights and artifices of sin shall not make me forsworn. There must be no haesitation, no consulting with flesh and blood; had I best leave my sin or no? But as Ephraim, Hos. 14. 8. What have I to do any more with Idols^*? I will be •gulled no more by my sins, no longer fool'd by Satan; this day I will put a bill of divorce into the hands of my lusts. Till we come to this peremptory resolution, sin will get ground of us, and we