A65293:56
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.
This sorrow for sin is not facile: It is an holy Agony: 'Tis called in Scripture a breaking of the heart, Psal. 51. 17. The Sacrifices of God, are a broken heart: And a1 rending of the heart, Joel 2. 13. Rend your hearts*. The expressions of smiting of the thigh, Jer. 31. 19. knocking on the breast, L•k. 18. 13. putting on of sackcloth, Isa. 22. 12. plucking off the hair, Ezra 9. 3. What are all these, but outward signs of inward ⟨p. 16⟩sorrow. This sorrow must be,
This sorrow for sin is not facil: It is an holy Agony: 'Tis called in Scripture a breaking of the heart, Psal. 51. 17. The Sacrifices of God, are a broken heart: And a1 rending of the heart, Ioel 2. 13. Rend your hearts*. The expressions of smiting of the thigh, Ier. 31. 19. knocking on the breast, L•k. 18. 13. putting on of sackcloth, Isa. 22. 12. plucking off the hair, Ezra 9. 3. What are all these, but outward signs of inward ⟨p. 16⟩sorrow. This sorrow must be,