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But to the ende we may some-what the better vnderstand what true repentance is, I will heere rehearse some fewe places col∣lected frō diuers of the diuine Doctors of the Church: and first of all, from S. Au∣gustine, vvhere, speaking to this purpose, hee saith: * True repentance, is greatly to* 1.1 deplore sinnes past, and fully to resolue in minde & hart, neuer to commit any heere∣after.
It consisteth of three parts: namelie, Contrition of hart; Confession of mouth; and Satisfaction of deede. For, vvee haue (saith hee) offended God three manner of wayes; by the delight of thought: by the lapse of tongue: & by the pride of works: And these three are to be cured by three contrary remedies. Delight of thought, by the inward sorrow & contrition of the hart. The lapse of tongue, by the confession of the mouth. And the pride of works, by our vpright liuing, and vncorrupted satis-fac∣tion.
Contrition, is a hartie sorrowe & inward* 1.2 greefe, taken for the sinnes which we haue already committed: with a full inten: and purpose of confession and satisfaction; & heereafter not to commit any more.
For otherwise, thy repentance is no true* 1.3 repentance, but rather seemeth to be fai∣ned; if thou pollute thy selfe againe vvith thy former offences: & thy penitent teares are to small purpose, if thou multiply thine iniquities. For, true repentance is to cease from sinne.
Wee ought also, in the true contrition of* 1.4 hart, to be sorowfull for these three things; First, for the sinnes wee haue committed:
Secondly, for the good wee haue omitted: Thirdly, for the time we haue lost.
And this kinde of contrition, is more a∣uailable* 1.5 in the sight of God, then to goe on pilgrimage throughout the world.
Augustine.
Bernarde.
Augustine.
Cassianus.
Augustine.