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.

He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first read more

He [Cato] used to say that in all his life he never repented but
of three things. The first was that he had trusted a woman with
a secret; the second that he had gone by sea when he might have
gone by land; and the third, that had passed one day without
having a will by him.

I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.

I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.

Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.

Remorse is impotence, it will sin again. Only repentance is strong, it can end everything.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed

Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, read more

Some often repent, yet never reform; they resemble a man traveling in a dangerous path, who frequently starts and stops, but never turns back

What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can. What can it not?
Yet what can it when read more

What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can. What can it not?
Yet what can it when one cannot repent?
O wretched state? O bosom black as death!
O limed soul, that struggling to be free
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