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A27606 Evangelical repentance unto salvation not to be repented of upon 2 Cor. 7, 10 ; and as most seasonable, Short considerations on that great context Hebr. 12, 26, \"Yet once more I shake not only Earth, &c.\" : upon the solemn occasion of the late dreadful earthquake in Jamaica and the later monitory motion of the earth in London, and other parts of the nation and beyond the sea ; whereunto is adjoined a discourse on death-bed repentance, on Luc. 22, 39 / by T. Beverly. Beverley, Thomas. 1693 (1693) Wing B2148_PARTIAL_CANCELLED; Wing B2140_CANCELLED; ESTC R17858 162,555 326

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and_o utter_a separation_n from_o they_o it_o can_v not_o deserve_o fall_v under_o that_o ridicule_fw-la and_o contempt_n that_o profane_a man_n put_v upon_o it_o as_o if_o it_o be_v the_o tell_v god_n only_o the_o story_n of_o our_o wicked_a heart_n or_o life_n but_o without_o other_o sincere_a effective_a power_n of_o repentance_n it_o too_o just_o fall_v under_o that_o reproach_n but_o any_o such_o reproach_n our_o lord_n will_v return_v upon_o we_o and_o our_o confession_n 2._o in_o repentance_n there_o be_v a_o earnest_n and_o most_o vehement_a but_o also_o most_o humble_a application_n to_o the_o throne_n of_o grace_n in_o jesus_n christ_n for_o pardon_n and_o reconciliation_n and_o with_o such_o a_o continuance_n and_o perseverance_n as_o till_o there_o be_v some_o answer_n that_o god_n be_v our_o gracious_a father_n in_o christ_n that_o we_o hear_v the_o joyful_a sound_n that_o our_o sin_n be_v forgive_v we_o it_o be_v not_o only_o that_o common_a and_o formal_a way_n of_o 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