The Doctrine of Repentance

Godly sorrow in some cases is joined with restitution. ^*Whosoever hath wronged others in their estate, by unjust fraudulent dealing, ought in conscience to make them recompense. There is an express Law for this, Numb. 5. 7. He shall recompense his trespass^*, with the principal thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. Thus Zacheus, Luk. 19. 8. If I have wronged any man by false accusation^*, I restore him •our-sold. When Selymus the great▪ Turk lay upon his deathbed, ⟨p. 23⟩being moved by Pyrrhus to bestow that wealth he had wronged the Persian Merchants of, upon charitable uses, he commanded, it should rather be sent back to the right owners^*. Shall not a Christians Creed be better than a Turks Alcoran. 'Tis a bad sign when a man on his deathbed bequeaths his soul to God, and his ill-gotten goods to his friends. I can hardly think God will receive his soul. Austin saith, without restitution, no remission^*. And it was a speech of old Latimer, if ye restore not goods unjustly gotten, ye shall cough in Hell.

Godly sorrow in some cases is joyned with restitution. ^*Whosoever hath wronged others in their estate, by unjust fraudulent dealing, ought in conscience to make them recompence. There is an express Law for this, Numb. 5. 7. He shall recompence his trespass^*