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Dust and ashes. An essay upon repentance to the last. Advising a watchful Christian,…
Dust and ashes. An essay upon repentance to the last. Advising a watchful Christian, upon that case; how to keep alive the daily exercise of repentance, to the end of his life? : [Six lines of quotations in Latin and English]
printed by B. Green for Timothy Green, 1710
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I am going to set before you a Mystery of Practical Godliness, which rarely has been fully spoken to. I am going to Show you an Excellent Way, for a Good Man to be always Repenting the Errors of his Life as long as he Lives. A Serious, Watchful, Self-abasing Mind, may lay hold on Thousands of Occasions, to Cry out; Woe is me, I am Unclean: Lord, I Repent before thee, and I Entreat a Pardon, through' the Blood of the Lamb of God.
I am going to set before you a Mystery of Practical Godliness, which rarely has been fully spoken to. I am going to Shew you an Excellent Way, for a Good Man to be always Repenting the Errors of his Life as long as he Lives. A Serious, Watchful, Self-abasing Mind, may lay hold on Thousands of Occasions, to Cry out; Wo is me, I am Unclean: Lord, I Repent before thee, and I Entreat a Pardon, thro' the Blood of the Lamb of God.
¶ First, There are Solemn Acts of Repentance, to be frequently Performed, frequently Repeated.
¶ First, There are Solemn Acts of Repentance, to be frequently Performed, frequently Repeted.
My Intention is This. We are frequently to Set a part a Time, on purpose to go through' a Process of Repentance, in all the Parts of it, and all the Acts of it. This Time is to be thus divided. Having first implored the Assistance of Heaven, then, O Servant of God, Go on to take a view of thy Original Sin; thy wretched, forlorn, filthy circumstances, by reason of Original Sin. There-withal set before thee an, Exposition of the Ten Commandments; what is Forbidden, what is Required, in them. Examine the Faults of thy Life by this Glass. Acknowledge the Faults, with Bitterness of Soul before the Lord. Glorify GOD in the Bitterest Chastisements, which thou hast felt, or canst feel, for thy offences. Weep to the Lord, for a Pardon, through' the Propitiation of the Lovely JESUS. Lay Hold on the Pardoning Mercy of God. Here-upon, take up agreeable Purposes, of Living more Carefully, more Fruitfully, more Holily.