Gods delight in a relapsed Sinners repentance. [ 619]
AS a Husbandman delights much in that ground, that after long barrenness be∣comes fruitful; As a Captain loves that Souldier, that once fled away coward∣ly,
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AS a Husbandman delights much in that ground, that after long barrenness be∣comes fruitful; As a Captain loves that Souldier, that once fled away coward∣ly,
and afterwards returns valiantly.* 1.1 Even so God is wonderfully enamoured with a sinner, that having once made shipwrack of a good Conscience, yet at last returns, and swims to Heaven upon the plank of Faith and Repentance.
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