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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.
Under your good correction, I have seen
When, after execution, judgment hath
Repented o'er his doom.
Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
Who after his transgression doth repent,
Is halfe, or altogether, innocent.
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
Art more engaged!
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
Sudden friendship, sure repentance.
The sinning is the best part of repentance
The sinning is the best part of repentance
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.
Repentance is good, but innocence better
Repentance is good, but innocence better
