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2 Nay further, §2men are so far from taking pains to come to a true acknowledgement of their iniquities, till such time as there is a breach made into their hearts by godly sorrow, they do not so much as desire to be ⟨p. 4⟩delivered from them, nor make any reckoning of Gods mercy for the pardoning of them: till such time as they become mourners for sin, they cannot possibly hunger and thirst after righteousness. ¹And indeed what reason is there that they should esteem of that medicine which will cure, when they do not feel themselves to be sick? they think it a matter worth the looking after, to be freed from poverty, from infamy, from the pestilence, &c. but as for the corruptions of their nature, and the sinfulness of their ways, they were never much troubled with them, and therefore they make little account to be delivered from them. See this point more at large in M. Dods Sermon on Isa. 1. Doct. 1.

2 Nay further, §2men are so farre from taking paines to come to a true acknowledgment of their iniquities, till such time as there is a breach made into their hearts by godly sorrow, they doe not so much as desire to be ⟨p. 4⟩deliuered from them, nor make any reckoning of Gods mercy for the pardoning of them: till such time as they become mourners for sinne, they cannot possibly hunger and thirst after righteousnes. ¹And indeed what reason is there that they should esteeme of that medicine which will cure, when they doe not feele themselues to be sicke? they thinke it a matter worth the looking after, to be freed from pouertie, from infamie, from the pestilence, &c. but as for the corruptions of their nature, and the sinfulnesse of their waies, they were neuer much troubled with them, and therefore they make little account to be deliuered from them. See this poynt more at large in M. Dods Sermon on