A65293:51
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.
SECT. II.
2. THE second Ingredient into Repentance,1 is, Sorrow for Sin*. Psal. 38. 18. I will be sorry for my sin. Ambrose calls sorrow the embittering of the soul. The Hebrew word to be sorrowful, signifies to have the soul as it were crucified*. This must be in true Repentance,3 Zach. 12. 10. They shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and •ourn. As if they did feel the nails of the Cross sticking in their sides. A woman may as well expect to have a child without pangs, as one can have Repentance without sorrow. He that can believe without doubting, suspect his faith; and he that can repent without sorrowing, suspect his Repentance.
2. THE second Ingredient into Repentance,1 is, Sorrow for Sin*. Psal. 38. 18. I will be sorry for my sin. Ambrose calls sorrow the imbittering of the soul. The Hebrew word to be sorrowful, signifies to have the soul as it were crucified*. This must be in true Repentance,