☞ What is contrition.
¶ It is feare and sorines of con∣science which perceiueth ye god is angry with syn, and is sorye that it hath synned. Hereof be manye
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¶ It is feare and sorines of con∣science which perceiueth ye god is angry with syn, and is sorye that it hath synned. Hereof be manye
testimonies in the scriptures. Do repentaunce, and beleue the Go∣pell. Marci .i.
Cutte your hertes. Ioell .ii, Where shall the Lorde dwel? In a contryte and humble spirite. E∣saye .lxvi. Cease to do frowardly And thys contrytyon muste en∣crese Vnto yt we acknowledg not only our outward sinnes, but al so our inwarde fylthynes. Wher¦fore repentaunce is not in hypo∣crytes whyche be afflyeted wyth no sorowe, yet in the meane sea∣sonne stande they in theyr owne conceyte, as thoughe they were cleane from al synne. And Christe doeth ofte moste ernestlye rebuke thys carnall surenes. Vnlesse, say¦eth he, ye wyll do repentaunce ye shall altogether perishe.