Puritan quotes on repentence.
John MacArthur's commentary on Matthew1-7 is the source for these quotes from Puritan writers on the idea of repentence. Oh, and one from a rabbi.
William Perkins: "Godly sorrow causeth grief for sin, because it is sin. It makes any man in whom it is to be of this disposition and mind, that if there were no conscience to accuse, no devil to terrify, no Judge to arraign and condemn, no hell to torment, yet he would be humbled and brought on his knees for his sins, because he hath offended a loving, merciful and long-suffering God."
Thomas Goodwin: "Fall down upon thy knees afore Him, and with a heart broken to water, acknowledge, as Shimei, thy treason and rebellions against Him who never did thee hurt; and acknowledge, with a rope ready fitted to thy neck by thy own hands...Tell Him that He may shew justice on thee, if He will; and present thy naked breast, thy hateful soul, as a butt and mark for Him, if he please, to shoot His arrows into and sheathe His sword in. Only desire Him to remember that He sheathed His sword first in the bowels of His Sopn, when He made His soul and offering for sin."
Rabbi Eleazar: "It is the way of the world, when a man has insulted his fellow in public, and after a time seeks to be reconciled to him, that the other says, "You insult me publicly and now you would be reconciled to me between us two alone! Go bring the men in whose presence you insulted me, and I will be reconciled to you." But God is not so. A man may stand and rail and blaspheme in the marketplace, and the Holy One says, "Repent between us two alone and I will receive you."
William Perkins: "Godly sorrow causeth grief for sin, because it is sin. It makes any man in whom it is to be of this disposition and mind, that if there were no conscience to accuse, no devil to terrify, no Judge to arraign and condemn, no hell to torment, yet he would be humbled and brought on his knees for his sins, because he hath offended a loving, merciful and long-suffering God."
Thomas Goodwin: "Fall down upon thy knees afore Him, and with a heart broken to water, acknowledge, as Shimei, thy treason and rebellions against Him who never did thee hurt; and acknowledge, with a rope ready fitted to thy neck by thy own hands...Tell Him that He may shew justice on thee, if He will; and present thy naked breast, thy hateful soul, as a butt and mark for Him, if he please, to shoot His arrows into and sheathe His sword in. Only desire Him to remember that He sheathed His sword first in the bowels of His Sopn, when He made His soul and offering for sin."
Rabbi Eleazar: "It is the way of the world, when a man has insulted his fellow in public, and after a time seeks to be reconciled to him, that the other says, "You insult me publicly and now you would be reconciled to me between us two alone! Go bring the men in whose presence you insulted me, and I will be reconciled to you." But God is not so. A man may stand and rail and blaspheme in the marketplace, and the Holy One says, "Repent between us two alone and I will receive you."
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