The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

2. There can be no kindly Repentance expressed without it. No other way to testify it: For,

1. Sin must be seen in its colours if ever it be re•ented of. There must such a Conviction pass upon the man as shall make him to know the sinfulness of his sin, so as to discover it vile and hateful, else he will not repent of it. Every natural man is in love with Sin; natural corruption calls •t good, approves of it; he hath chosen it, and •ll he hath another discovery made of it to him, •e will hold it fast, & not let it go. In true Repen•nce there is a turning from sin, and it is the act of a •asonable Creature, and therefore he must see •eason for it, else he will not, because his heart knit to it; and there are two things necessary to •e seen in it, viz. The miseries it hath exposed him ••, and the vileness of its nature: for though a •al Repentance may be wrought by the former, •t that which is Evangelical will not be without ⟨p. 226⟩the latter, hence both are put together, Jer. 2. 1•. The end of Conviction is to drive the man so Repentance, and hence will naturally draw some such a Confession of it.

1. Sin must be seen in its colours if ever it be re•ented of. There must such a Conviction pass upon the man as shall make him to know the sinfuless of his sin, so as to discover it vile and hateul, else he will not repent of it. Every natural man is in love with Sin; natural corruption calls t good, approves of it; he hath chosen it, and ll he hath another discovery made of it to him, e will hold it fast, & not let it go. In true Repennce there is a turuing from sin, and it is the act of a asonable Creature, and therefore he must see eason for it, else he will not, because his heart knit to it; and there are two things necessary to e seen in it, viz. The miseries it hath exposed him , and the vileness of its nature: for though a al Repentance may be wrought by the former, t that which is Evangelical will not be without