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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75336	Andrews resolution to return unto God by repentance Directed unto all the elect children of God which truly repent, perfectly guiding them in the right way therein. Right godly to read, as delightful to hear, but most profitable to be practised. Newly published by John Andrews minister and preacher of Gods Word. Being first seen and allowed.	Andrews, John, b. 1582 or 3.	1673 (1673)	Wing A3124A; ESTC R232395	11,002	26

truly repent except he believes that he is Gods And none can have belief but he that hath this grace faith in him Fur●hermore none repent unless they hate sin faith causeth a man to hate sin Now none can hate sin except he be sanctified and none can be sanctified without he be justified this cannot be without faith faith comprehendeth justification Again the inward or instrumental cause of repentance is faith which may be called the mother of repentance because it brings it forth as the word is the begetter and so may have the name of a Father for he that is without faith is dead No life without faith no repentance without life therefore neither the Pharisees Prayer the harlots vow y ● Traitors kiss the Sacrifice of Cain the fast of Jezabel y ● oblation of An●anias nor the tears of Esaux could ●e accepted of God because they were not truly dedoted from a lively faith Lastly the efficient or principal working cause of faith in thy repentance is God whereby by faith every true believer receiveth Christ for himself as given for him born for him dying for him and rose again for him for he died for his sins and rose again for his iustification And to conclude repentance separated from faith in Christ is no true repentance And thus much concerning Faith Lstly the time when to repent MAn hath no time of repentance certain no term of years but term of life and that is most uncertain T●ough God called Saul d twice Samuel thrice his Spouse four times the Ninivites 40. daies and the Jews forty years yet he gives us no time to repent but to repent now The time of repentance is the time present without delay as the holy Ghost teacheth This day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts for there is but one acceptable time which being neglected is as a Bird escaped out of the hand or a shaft shot out of a bow not to be recalled At what time saith the Lord. The Lord limits no time if a man repent truly The time of repentance is double 1. it must be done presently without delay 2. continually every day It must be done speedily without delay for who knows whether this be the acceptable time which if thou neglect when God calls thee in the youth or in thy health it may be he will not call thee hereafter in thy age or sickness and the longer thou dost defer thy repentance the harder it will be for thee to repent Therefore if thou hast suffered the bud of thy youth to be blasted thy flower to fade thy leaves to dry up and thy boughs to wither yet keep life in the root let the whole become fuel for m Hell fire Be not like those which begin not 〈◊〉 live untill they be ready to die and ●hen after a foes desert come to ●rave of God a friends entertainment Nor think to snatch up Hea●en in a moment which the best can ●carce attain unto in many years ●r jump from Dives diet to Laza●us crown that is from the service ●f Satan to the solace of Saints O beloved heaven is to to be gained ●o easily The thief indeed may be saved on the Cross and mercy found at last ●ut late repentance is seldom or never true repentance For if a man repent he can sin no more then he ●eaves not sin but sin leaves him Oh therefore if thou wouldst be from from this doubt avoid the certainty repent whilst thou art in good health take time whilst it is offered thee for time and tide staieth for no man Common experience ●ee●eth 〈◊〉 that time is pre●ious short and ●●revocable which can never be redeemed and withall consider he that is not ready to repent to day will be less ready to morrow it may be God hath appointed this day to be the end of thy life Oh therefore always so live that thou be ever prepared to die If thou dost defer thy repentance untill it be to late O I then thou wouldst give a thousand worlds for one days repentance or an hours contrition Record therefore a decree in thy heart to keep all thy sins in perpetual exile and neve● admit them again in thy court But turn O turn from sin to sanctity from Babylon to Jerusalem from Bethavan to Bethel from Sodom to Sion and from Belial to God so let not the Sun of thy pleasure be the day of thy lives end nor night of thy death come before the great work of thy repentance be begun Oh repent repent therefore that thou and I and all the elect children of God may have all our sins freely forgiven us and be with Christ Iesus Saviour who hath so dearly bought us To whom with the Father and the Holy Ghost be all Honour Power Glory and Dominion both now and evermore Amen FINIS a Rev. 17. 14 b Ep 2 14 c Heb ● 1● d Hos 13. 14 e Hos 10. 8 f Gen 18 28 g 1 Pet. 2. 9 h Luk. 2. 1● a Psa 113 5 b Esay 6. 3 c Psal 99. 9 d Gen. 17 e ●sa 145. 9 f Esay 42 6 g Can 5 10 h Ps 86. 16 Gen. 1. 26 27 k Eph. 1. 7 1 Cor 1. 30 m Esay 9. 19 20 n Psa 98 9. Psalm 8. 1 Psalm 18 1 o Psalm 38 p ●● 22 44 q Es 1. 18 r Sol. s●ng 1 7 c Mat. 12. 41 ſ Luk. 21. 1 t 1 Tim. 4 20 Acts 5. 31 u Psal 5. 7 Mat. 1. 21 2 Sa. 22. 3 a 2 Kin. 17 13 Eze. 18. 21 22. 23 Act 11 18 Pet. 3. 9 Hos 14. ● Pet 18. 11 Jer. 25. 5 Jer. 36. 3 Ma 3. 2 6 8 Mar. 4. 17 Luke 3. 2 Luke 24. 4 Acts 2. 38 Acts 17 30 b Mat 3 2 6 8 c Gen 3 17 d 2 Kin. 17 13 Esay 1. 16 e Joh. 8. 3 Rom. 6. 20 f Rom. 2 g Mat. 72 h Psal 1. 19 Rev. 3. 10 k Lu 12 32 l Lu. 1● 5 Esay 59 2 Nahu 1. 2. Pla●● Aristotles T●eophrastes m Eph 2. 8 1 Cor. 7. 8 9 Jer. 4. 1 n Joel 2. 13 o Joh. 5. 14 John 8. 11 Eze. 33. 15 Rom 12 5 Rom. 5. 1 p Joh. 3. 5 Ge. 50 17 18 2 P. 1. 3. 9 q Esa 1. 16 Ez. 33. 5 Luk. 13. 5 r Joh 14. 1 23 a Heb. 1. 6 b Gal. 3 14 c Jam. 5. 18 d Rom. 10 17 e Act. 5. 11 2 Ti. 2. 25 26 Joh. 12. 40 f 1 Thes 5 Esay 4. 4 a Eze. 18 30. 31. 32 jer 18. 11 2 Ki. 17. 13 Esay 55. 7 Eze. 33. 11 Jer. 14. 1 b Ro. 12. 9 Gal. 4. 18 1 Thes 5. 16 Acts 26 28 i Gen. 54 17 18 Deut. 4. 29 1 Kin. 8. 33 Job 11. 14 15 Eze. 3. 28 k Jer. 31. 18 Lam. 5. 21 2 Ti 25. 26 Acts 5. 21 Joh. 12. 40 Jer. 31. 19 John 6. 44 2 Tim 1. 25 a Ps 11. 8. Jer. 33. 11 Mat. 19 16 Psalm 105. Ez. ch 18. Ro. 10. 2 Ps 10. 15 Psal 91. 15 Ps 145. 18 l Esay 48. 8 9 m Deut. 29. 20 n Deut. 30 3 4 2 Chr. 7. 14 ● 1 Cor. 11 2 Cor 13. 5 b Ps 77. 6 c 1 Pe 1. 7 4. 11 d Psal 51. 5 1 Es● 4. 30 Gen. 8. 21 e Rom. 23 f Wisd 14. Psal 54. 6 Psa 14. 4 Pro. 15. 8 9. 29 Esa 1. 15 g Luk. 13. 5 2 Cor. 13. 5 h Eph. 2. 3 Mat 26. 28 Heb. 10. 13 18 1 Pet. 1. 2 1 Joh. 1. 7 k Jam 4 9 Luk. 6. 21 l 1 Ki. 8 54 Dan. 6. 10 Augustinus de poenitentia o Job 11. 13 19 2 Cor. 13. 5 p Lu. 2. 29 Acts 20. 20 q Mat. 13. 8 r Jam. 4. 9 10 ſ Mat. 5. 4 Luke 6. 21 t Ps 4. 6. 6 u Joh. 15. 2 x Psalm 19. 10 12 Chrysost in Psalmes a 1 Joh. 1. 9 b Prov. 28 c Joh. 20. 15 d Gen. 32. 24 e Eze. 12. 3 f Psa 51. 3 g Lu. 15. 21 Luk. 28. 13 h Jer. 29. 13 14 Leo. i John 1. 9 k Ecc. 5. 7. 1 Thes 3. a 1 Cor 12. 7 Acts 2. 37 b Psa 51. 9 c 2 Sa. 12. 13 d 2 Sa. 12. 9 Psal 51 h Ps 136 10 i ● Cor. 2. 30 k Heb. 11. 1 m Joh. 3. 3 4 5 c. n Pet. 19 o Rom. 3. 4 25 26 27 28 p Lu. 18. 11 q Pro. 7. 14 r Lu 22. 48 Mat. 26. 18 ſ Mat. 14. 44 Gen. 4. 5. t 1 Kin. 21. 9 Acts 5. 2 Gen. 37. 38 a Joh. 12. 4 Acts 5. 21 2 Tim. 2. 25 16 b 1 Jo. 3. 16 Mat. 2. 1 Luk 2. 6 7 John 6. 35 Joh. 25. 26 Joh. 20. 29 John 3. 16 2 Cor. 5. 15. Rom. 5. 5 1 Tim. 2. 6 1 Pet. 3. 18 1 Cor. 15. 1 Mat. 28. 6 Mat. 16. 6 Joh. 20. 27 c Acts 9. 4 Ecc. 9 10 e 1 Sa. 3. 4 f Cant. 5. 2 g Jon. 34 Deut. 8 2 h Psa 95. 8 k Ecc. 5. 7 1 Thes 5. 9 l Joh. 25. 1 n Ps 54. 6 Wis 14. 9 Psal 14. 4 o Lu. 16. 19 p Lu. 16. 22 q Luke 23. 42 43 r Eph. 5. 15 f Rev. 19. 1