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Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is read more
REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of read more
Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
True repentance is to cease from sinning.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Forethought is easy, repentance hard.
Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early read more
Whoever . . . prefers the service of princes before his duty to
his Creator, will be sure, early or late, to repent in vain.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend read more
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
