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The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements…
The glory of goodness. The goodness of God celebrated; in remarkable instances and improvements thereof: and more particularly in the redemption remarkably obtained for the English captives, which have been languishing under the tragical, and the terrible and the most barbarous cruelties of barbary. : [Six lines from Psalms]
printed by T. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1703
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
The First PROPOSITION.
•ere is a REPENTANCE of all Sin, incumbent on, required of, all that have sinned. We are advised Act. 17.30. God commandeth all men every where to Repent. ⟨p. 6⟩But as the Conscience of every man Preaches Repentance to him, It is now a great CASE of Conscience, What is Repentance? Let us bestow some clear Thoughts upon it.
•ere is a REPENTANCE of all Sin, in•umbent on, required of, all that have sinned. We are advised Act. 17.30. God commandeth all men every where to Repent. ⟨p. 6⟩But as the Conscience of every man Preaches Repentance to him, It is now a great CASE of Conscience, What is Repentance? Let us bestow some clear Thoughts upon it.
REPENTANCE, largely taken, does intend and include, the whole Conversion of a sinner, from Sin to God in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the whole Experience & Behaviour of a sinner under the Regenerating Impressions of the Holy Spirit. But REPENTANCE taken strictly, is thus defined in the Word of God;