The Doctrine of Repentance

5. Endeavour after clearer discoveries¹ of God, Job 42. 5. Now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes. Job having surveyed Gods glory and purity, as an humble penitent he did abhor, or as it is in the Hebrew, he did even reprobate ²himself*. By looking into the transparent glass of Gods holiness, we see our own blemishes, and so learn to bewail them.

5. Endeavour after clearer discoveries¹ of God, Iob 42. 5. Now mine eye seeth thee; wherefore I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes. Iob having surveyed Gods glory and purity, as an humble penitent he did abhor, or as it is in the Hebrew, he did even reprobate ²himself*. By looking into the transparent glass of Gods holiness, we see our own blemishes, and so learn to bewail them.

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6. Lastly, Labour for Faith; but¹ what is that to Repentance? Yes, Faith breeds union with Christ, and there can be no separation from sin, till there be union with Christ. The eye of Faith looks on mercy, and that thaws the heart. Faith carries us to Christs blood, and that blood mollifies. Faith persuades of the love of God, and that love sets us a weeping.