A65293:49

The Doctrine of Repentance

Name: The Doctrine of Repentance
Author: Thomas Watson

The doctrine of repentance, useful for these times by Tho. Watson ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London: printed by R.W. for Thomas Parkhurst, 1668

[8], 175 p. · 36k words · Wing W1122 · ESTC R38513

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Chapter 4 › Section 1

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1. THE first Ingredient in Repentance,¹ is, Sight of Sin^*. The first part of Christs Physic is Eye-salve, Act. 26. 18. 'Tis the great thing noted in the Prodigals Repentance, Luk. 15. 17. He came to himself^*: He saw himself a sinner, and nothing but a sinner. Before a man can come to Christ, he must come to himself. Solomon in his description of Repentance, puts this in as the first Ingredient, 1 King. 8. 47. If they shall ⟨p. 13⟩bethink themselves^*. A man must first recognize and consider what his sin is, and know the plague of his heart, ere he can be duly humbled for it. The first creature God made was Light: So the first thing in a penitent is illumination, Ephes. 5. 8. Now ye are light in the Lord. The eye is made both for seeing and weeping. Sin must first be seen, before it can be wept for.

1. THE first Ingredient in Repentance,¹ is, Sight of Sin^*. The first part of Christs Physick is Eye-salve,

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