The First PROPOSITION.
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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; 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.