A. You may discern in the Counsel Peter gives, and works upon those, Acts 2.38. Peter calls them to Repentance. Is that the first work? It is the first, after they were pricked in heart; but that they were pricked in heart, doth presuppose that they did believe, that it was Jesus whom they had Crucified, & so Zach. 12.10. they saw it was Christ whom they had thus abused, and mourned for him, and it was not a mere legal mourning, for then they would not have come to the Apostle to know what to do, there is so much Faith as to see their own Wickedness against Christ, and which is more, here is an act of Reverence, Men and Brethren; their scoffing spirits are made low, to come to him, ⟨p. 4⟩that wounds them: which is an act of Faith. There is a threefold act of Faith, and so a threefold act of Repentance; first which is an assent by which a man knows the Will of God, and assents to it, this is the Will of God, but I have walked contrary to it, and this now pierceth the heart, and so is humbled, which is an act of Repentance; but then there is another act of Faith, and that is adherence, cleaving to God, and from thence springs another work of Repentance, to turn to him in humble Confession, in humble Supplication, in earnest desires after Grace and Covenant: After this there springs another act of Faith, God Revealing his Covenant; then springs another act of Repentance, that we should Sin against so good a God, and thereupon turns with all his heart to God, and labours to turn others? Come and see what God hath done for my Soul.
A. You may discern in the Counsel Peter gives, and works upon those, Acts 2.38. Peter calls them to Repentance. Is that the first work? It is the first, after they were pricked in heart; but that they were pricked in heart, doth presuppose that they did believe, that it was Jesus whom they had Crucified, & so Zach. 12.10. they saw it was Christ whom they had thus abused, and mourned for him, and it was not a meer legal mourning, for then they would not have come to the Apostle to know what to do, there is so much Faith as to see their own Wickedness against Christ, and which is more, here is an act of Reverence, Men and Brethren; their scoffing spirits are made low, to come to him, ⟨p. 4⟩that wounds them: which is an act of Faith. There is a threefold act of Faith, and so a threefold act of Repentance; first which is an assent by which a man knows the Will of God, and assents to it, this is the Will of God, but I have walked contrary to it, and this now pierceth the heart, and so is humbled, which is an act of Repentance; but then there is another act of Faith, and that is adhearence, cleaving to God, and from thence springs another work of Repentance, to turn to him in humble Confession, in humble Supplication, in earnest desires after Grace and Covenant: After this there springs another act of Faith, God Revealing his Covenant; then springs another act of Repentance, that we should Sin against so good a God, and thereupon turns with all his heart to God, and labours to turn others? Come and see what God hath done for my Soul.
