Now there are two parts of Repen∣tance.
Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there.
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- Oldfield, James.
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- 1687.
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"Sincerity, or, The upright mans walk to heaven in two parts shewing I. that sincerity is the true way to happiness, II. that the keeping of our selves from our own iniquity is the true way to sincerity / delivered in several sermons in the parish church of St. Michael in Long-Stratton Norfolk by James Oldfield, late minister there." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A53271.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 9, 2024.
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- 1. A turning from sin.
- 2. A turning unto God or unto God∣liness.
Now our fruits must be answerable to both these parts of Repentance.
1. The first part turning from sin, your loathing of sin must be as great as former∣ly your loving of it, your hatred as great against it as formerly you delighted in it; ea specialiter horreas, quae specialiter appe∣teb as. Bern let thy best beloved sins be most abhorred by thee, let them be like the Israelites dainty Quailes, O how did they long for them, and afterwards they could not endure them, they stunk in their Nostrils; deal with thy beloved sin as Amnon with Tamar, 2 Sam. 13. 15, 16, 17. 1. He hated her. 2. He would not hearken to her motion. 3. He put her out of doors. 4. He bolted her out, do so with sin.
2. The second part turning to God and Godliness.
Do as much for God and Christ as ever you did for sin, love Holiness as much as ever you loved Wickedness. Nay take as much pains in the ways of God, as e∣ver in the paths of Unrighteousness; so
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did Paul, we have both his Example and Precept, 1 Cor. 15. 9, 10. 6. Rom. 19. we must not saith one bind our selves to a trade of sin, and use Religion only as a re∣creation. No but we must work as hard in Righteousness, as formerly we have wrought in sin. Nay further, as we have been scandals to others to turn them out of the way by reason of our sins, so now we must be good examples, not only to keep in the way our selves, but to bring others into the ways of Holiness also.
Now examin your Repentance by these signs, and you need never trouble your selves, you shall not fall, so saith the Apo∣stle, 2 Pet. 1. 10. how so, see the fruits of Repentance verses 5, 6, &c. be as fear∣ful and as careful of falling as you will 'tis the better, but such Persons may be comforted, that they shall never fall away i. e. totally and finally from Christ and Grace.