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those_o sin_n commit_v psal_n 51._o this_o doctrine_n will_v make_v a_o bold_a sinner_n and_o a_o presumptuous_a insurer_n of_o himself_o so_o 8._o they_o say_v that_o sanctification_n be_v no_o evidence_n of_o a_o man_n good_a estate_n yet_o paul_n say_v that_o holiness_n be_v the_o end_n of_o our_o call_n and_o if_o so_o then_o holiness_n be_v a_o evidence_n that_o i_o be_o effectual_o call_v 9_o they_o say_v that_o to_o see_v i_o have_v no_o grace_n will_v give_v i_o comfort_n yet_o st_n paul_n find_v no_o comfort_n see_v in_o his_o flesh_n he_o find_v no_o good_a thing_n but_o rather_o cry_v out_o upon_o himself_o o_o miserable_a man_n rom._n 7._o yea_o they_o say_v to_o take_v comfort_n at_o the_o sight_n of_o any_o grace_n be_v legal_a and_o yet_o grace_n come_v not_o by_o the_o law_n john_n 1._o but_o by_o jesus_n christ_n and_o so_o it_o be_v evangelical_a to_o find_v gospel_n grace_n in_o we_o and_o to_o take_v comfort_n in_o it_o 10._o they_o say_v that_o a_o hypocrite_n 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timothy_n and_o christ_n suppose_v love_n to_o be_v in_o his_o disciple_n when_o he_o say_v if_o you_o love_v i_o keep_v my_o commandment_n john_n 14.15_o so_o 13._o they_o say_v christ_n be_v the_o new_a creature_n yet_o paul_n say_v 5.17_o 2_o cor._n 5.17_o he_o that_o be_v in_o christ_n be_v a_o new_a creature_n so_o 14._o they_o hold_v that_o god_n love_v a_o man_n never_o the_o more_o for_o his_o holiness_n nor_o the_o less_o for_o his_o wickedness_n but_o moses_n tell_v we_o otherwise_o say_v god_n have_v respect_n to_o abel_n offering_n not_o to_o cain_n so_o 15._o that_o sin_n in_o a_o child_n of_o god_n must_v not_o trouble_v he_o but_o sure_o then_o david_n may_v have_v save_v much_o sorrow_n express_v in_o his_o penitential_a psalm_n and_o christ_n affirmation_n of_o the_o angel_n rejoice_v at_o a_o sinner_n repent_v may_v be_v dis-believed_n for_o they_o rejoice_v not_o at_o our_o do_v amiss_o so_o 16._o trouble_v of_o conscience_n for_o sin_n show_v one_o under_o the_o 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stephen_n sermon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o argue_v only_a vexation_n envy_n and_o malice_n this_o kind_n of_o repentance_n may_v go_v before_o faith_n and_o be_v without_o faith_n but_o the_o true_a repentance_n to_o salvation_n be_v cause_v by_o faith_n or_o else_o it_o be_v mere_o sinful_a rom._n 14.23_o nor_o can_v it_o purify_v the_o heart_n without_o faith_n act_v 21.24_o and_o therefore_o the_o argument_n for_o repentance_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o promise_n of_o grace_n exhibit_v in_o christ_n mat._n 3.2_o two_o thing_n must_v especial_o be_v observe_v in_o repentance_n 1._o that_o it_o be_v not_o put_v off_o and_o defer_v 2._o that_o it_o be_v continue_v because_o the_o faithful_a do_v continual_o sin_v little_a or_o much_o as_o appeareth_z psal_n 32._o and_o psal_n 51._o mat._n 18.2_o and_o therefore_o even_o the_o very_a regenerate_v be_v exhort_v upon_o their_o fall_n to_o repentance_n and_o pardon_n be_v promise_v they_o ezek._n 33.11_o and_o rev._n 2.9_o notwithstanding_o the_o rigid_a doctrine_n of_o the_o novatian_o and_o the_o catharist_n who_o deny_v repentance_n to_o those_o that_o have_v sin_v after_o baptism_n for_o though_o god_n in_o christ_n take_v away_o the_o power_n of_o sin_n yet_o not_o the_o power_n of_o sin_v the_o dominion_n of_o sin_n be_v destroy_v but_o sin_n be_v not_o quite_o take_v away_o out_o of_o our_o nature_n in_o this_o life_n that_o so_o we_o may_v the_o more_o aspire_v towards_o heaven_n where_o no_o sin_n shall_v remain_v now_o the_o part_n of_o this_o repentance_n be_v 1._o a_o turn_n of_o the_o heart_n from_o evil_a with_o hatred_n and_o mortification_n of_o the_o old_a man_n and_o a_o turn_n of_o the_o heart_n to_o good_a with_o a_o love_n thereof_o and_o practice_n of_o it_o by_o enliven_a of_o the_o new_a man_n 13._o esa_n 61.2_o v.d._n aug._n lib._n de_fw-fr vera_fw-la &_o falsa_fw-la penit_fw-la cap._n 13._o from_o whence_o flow_v a_o sadness_n for_o offend_a god_n and_o a_o joy_n that_o arise_v from_o the_o hope_n of_o pardon_n psal_n 51.10_o for_o we_o need_v not_o hold_v contrition_n confession_n and_o satisfaction_n to_o be_v essential_a part_n of_o true_a repentance_n because_o that_o reprobate_n have_v they_o and_o yet_o have_v not_o true_a repentance_n as_o judas_n yet_o may_v they_o be_v the_o effect_n of_o true_a repentance_n in_o they_o that_o have_v it_o but_o not_o a_o cause_n of_o remission_n nor_o have_v power_n to_o blot_v out_o all_o sin_n as_o the_o papist_n suppose_v as_o not_o the_o sin_n of_o a_o reprobate_n nor_o the_o sin_n against_o the_o holy_a ghost_n nor_o need_v we_o think_v confession_n be_v absolute_o necessary_a to_o salvation_n for_o peter_n weep_v but_o say_v nothing_o as_o we_o read_v of_o yet_o sanctification_n produce_v a_o confession_n of_o sin_n first_o to_o god_n either_o public_o as_o neh._n 9_o or_o private_o as_o psal_n 32.5_o and_o that_o general_o of_o all_o sin_n luke_n 18.13_o or_o parricular_o of_o the_o sin_n of_o our_o life_n 5.16_o jam._n 5.16_o as_o psal_n 19.13_o and_o 2._o to_o my_o neighbour_n mat._n 18.15_o that_o i_o may_v receive_v counsel_n and_o comfort_n from_o he_o and_o he_o satisfaction_n from_o i_o and_o so_o reconcile_v one_o to_o the_o other_o as_o mat._n 5.23.3_o there_o be_v another_o confession_n which_o be_v make_v before_o the_o pastor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o some_o sin_n which_o burden_n conscience_n luke_n 19.8_o so_o there_o be_v a_o public_a confession_n of_o sin_n make_v by_o priest_n and_o people_n to_o god_n in_o the_o public_a place_n and_o exercise_v of_o religion_n either_o ordinary_o of_o the_o common_a sin_n that_o cleave_v to_o nature_n or_o extraordinary_o on_o the_o time_n of_o humiliation_n for_o some_o peculiar_a sin_n that_o have_v infect_v both_o priest_n and_o people_n neh._n 1.7_o so_o there_o be_v a_o confession_n which_o have_v be_v use_v in_o the_o church_n by_o those_o which_o for_o disobedience_n have_v be_v excommunicate_v and_o can_v not_o be_v 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