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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.
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; 2 Cor. 7.10. A Godly sorrow, working a change of mind, not to be sorrowed fo•. It is an Amendment of a sinners Heart & Life, wrought with Godly sorrow for Sin; a Sorrow issuing in a Joyful Amendment. Or, It is a Grace▪ whereby a sinner affected with, and afflicted for, all Sin, Turns from it unto God with a Reformed Heart and Life.
REPENTANCE, largely taken, does intend and include, the whole Con•ersion 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; 2 Cor. 7.10. A Godly sorrow, wo•k•ng a change of mind, not to be sorrowed fo•. It is an Amendment of a sinners Heart & Life, wrought with Godly sorrow for Sin; a Sorrow issuing in a Joyful Amendment. Or, It is a Grace▪ whereby a sinner affected with, and afflicted for, all Sin, Turns from it unto God with a Reformed Heart and Life.
We are to be Led, [Oh! Holy Spirit lead us!] first unto a Seeing of Sin. W• must have a sight of it, that we are Chargeable with the unparalleled Sin of our Firs• Father, with the Big-bellied Sin of our […] Nature, and with Actual Sins Innumeble. And we must have a Sight of it, […] every sin wherewith we are Chargeable is an Odious, a Dangerous, a Damnab Evil; an Abominable Thing. Our sight a