A65293:97
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.
2. Confession must be with compunction; 1the heart must deeply resent it*. A natural mans confessions run through him, as water through a pipe; they do not at all affect him: but true confession leaves heart-wounding impressions on a man. Davids soul was burdened in the confession of his sins, Psal. 38. 4. As an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. It ⟨p. 29⟩is one thing to confess sin, and another thing to feel sin.
2. Confession must be with compunction; 1the heart must deeply resent it*. A natural mans confessions run thorow him, as water thorow a pipe; they do not at all affect him: but true confession leaves heart-wounding impressions on a man. Davids soul was burdened in the confession of his sins, Psal. 38. 4. As an heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. It ⟨p. 29⟩is one thing to confess sin, and another thing to feel sin.
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- *Agnitio, conscientiae Angustias excitat, pecca•orem prosternit, ut •e misericordiâ ind•gnum judicet. Baldwin.