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

2. The Sin thus seen must be heartily bewail There is a Sorrow for Sin that accompanieth true Repentance, and helps to make it unrepentable, and is to be a witness that it is sincere. It is not enough that the man leave off the former practise of the Sin, but Repentance requires that he express real grief of heart that ever he was guilty […] sinning, so Ephraim, Jer. 31. 18. And God promiseth to put such a spirit into his people, when he cometh to turn them graciously, Zech. 12. 10. […] In which bewailing of Sin, there is, besides him grief for it, a lamentable crying out against it, that which hath brought all our misery upon […] so Paul, in Rom. 7. And this also carrieth in an implicit confession, especially when we consider that he must bewail it as his own, Ezek. 17. 16.

2. The Sin thus seen must be heartily bewaile There is a Sorrow for Sin that accompanieth tru• Repentance, and helps to make it unrepentable, and is to be a witness that it is sincere. It is not enough that the man leave off the former practise of the Sin, but Repentance requires that he express real grief of heart that ever he was guilty 〈…〉 sinning, so Ephraim, Jer. 31. 18. And God promiseth to put such a spirit into his people, when he cometh to turn them graciously, Zech. 12. 10. 〈…〉 In which bewailing of Sin, there is, besides him grief for it, a lamentable crying out against it, that which hath brought all our misery upon 〈…〉 so Paul, in Rom. 7. And this also carrieth in an implicit confession, especially when we consider that he must bewail it as his own,