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A26064 A discourse concerning a death-bed repentance by William Assheton ... Assheton, William, 1641-1711. 1696 (1696) Wing A4032; ESTC R4704 23,063 76

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slandering And I 'll refrain from this cursing and swearing I 'll be more careful to sanctify the Sabbath I 'll not only frequent the Church but for the future I 'll no more be guilty of vain Sports and Pastimes on the Lord's-day And on the Week-day tho' I must follow my worldly Business yet I 'll do it in dependance upon God's Providence I will never more neglect to pray unto God but do now resolve Morning and Evening to bend my Knees to my Creator and Redeemer Lastly As an evidence that he is sincere He may make Restitution and Satisfaction in several instances He may declare that he bears no Malice but doth freely forgive all the World He may likewise restore his ill-gotten Goods and may give satisfaction to those he remembers to have wronged And not only so but for the close of all he may be large in his Charity in Reversion and by his last Will and Testament may bequeath a bountiful Legacy to the Poor All this may be done and it is the utmost that can be done upon a Death-bed 3. Let us now impartially examine Whether all this will amount to true Repentance Such a Repentance as shall find acceptance with a Pure and Holy God 1. Wicked Men when they come to Dye may remember their Sins But such remembrance being no other than the exercise of a natural Faculty is neither Repentance nor any part of that Saving-work The vilest Wretches do but too much remember their Sins and please themselves in that Carnal Satisfaction they had in the enjoyment of them But you will say this is not the Case For such a dying Sinner doth not barely remember his Sins but he remembers them with Shame and Sorrow and is much troubled for the committing of them And this Trouble and Sorrow and Compunction of Mind we hope will be accepted as true Repentance To this I answer Such a dying Sinner is indeed very much troubled and is under great anguish and perplexity of Mind But let us now strictly examine what 's the occasion of all this Consternation Is he sorry that he hath offended God that he hath transgressed the Laws of so gracious a Majesty This pretence is not probable when we reflect upon his former Conversation He who made his own Will his Law and never denied himself in any Carnal Enjoyment but tho' God himself in his holy World hath expresly delared That such and such things ought not to be done yet because of some present Pleasure and Profit he is resolved to commit them He who was not only pleased with his Sin but gloried in his Sin and boasted in his Sin 't is very unaccountable that such a Man all on the sudden should be thus sorry for his Sin 'T is strange that his Judgment and Appehension of things should be thus changed in a moment For his Conviction I 'll suppose him to be restored to his former Health and Vigour and that the former Passages of his Life in any instance could be repeated Being under such pleasing Circumstances can he then honestly and conscientiously make this Expostulation of Joseph How can I do this great wickedness and sin against God 'T is true the Man is now troubled but for what 'T is not for his Sin which he never had any Quarrel against but in plain terms it is for the punishment of his Sin He is indeed thus far troubled for his Sin He is very much out of Humour that he can Sin no longer that he hath lost his relish and inclination to it It makes him heavy and lumpish that all his pleasant Days are pass'd and gone and that nothing now remains but a sad Reckoning and Account Rejoyce O young man in thy youth and let thy heart chear thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thy heart and in the sight of thine eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment 'T is this Judgment this Reckoning and Account that makes him quake and tremble When a poor dying Wretch who hath neglected God and his Duty all his life long shall be now convinced by the decays of Nature that his Soul must immediately be torn from his Body When he looks upward and there beholds a just Judge ready to pronounce a sad Sentence upon him When he casts his Eye downward and there observes that place of Horror that flaming Furnace just ready to receive him When he now sees and considers these things which formerly in the days of his Vanity he had no leisure to think on and further reflects that all this Misery is now brought upon him by his own folly and that with a very little care and forecast it might have been prevented Being under such sad Circumstances as these 't is but a natural Love of a Man's self 't is no other than an instance of Self-preservation to be troubled and perplexed In plain terms This anguish of Mind for the Happiness that is lost and the Torments that shall be endured is the very Worm of the Damned that dieth not And if such Sorrow and Vexation as this is true Repentance then those miserable Creatures shall sadly repent to all Eternity But 2. The dying Person is not only sorry for his Sin but also makes Confession of it and very humbly begs Pardon for the sake of Jesus Christ And will not this be accepted as true Repentance I answer We are indeed assured by St. John If we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins 1 John 1.9 But what kind of Confession shall be accepted the Holy Scriptures must inform us In these Sacred Writings we are often admonished that it is not an Historical Confession 't is not a bare-acknowledgment that we have done thus or thus but it is a Penitential Confession shall find acceptance Whoso confesseth and forsaketh his sin shall find mercy Prov. 28.13 A sick dying Man may indeed confess his Sins but how far he can be able to forsake his Sin that is to amend and reform shall be considered in its proper place But you will say He not only confesseth but he begs pardon for the sake of Jesus Christ and we have a gracious promise that at such a time we shall be heard Call upon me in the day of trouble I will deliver thee and thou shalt glorify me Psalm 50.15 And our Blessed Saviour hath assured us Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name he will give it you John 16.23 Now here is a poor languishing Creature in great distress and trouble and will not God accept him for the sake of Jesus Christ I answer All the Promises of God in Jesus Christ are Yea and Amen that is most sure and certain But then you must also know these Promises are conditional and the performance of them on God●s part doth suppose certain Qualifications and Conditions on our part Having therefore these promises dearly beloved let