173. That enormous sinners, when converted, may be profitable to others by their teaching and example.
Job 28:2 || Psalms 68:22 || Proverbs 27:27 | 31:14 || Isaiah 17:2 | 35:7 | 43:6 I 55:13 | 60:4 Z || Jeremiah 30:10 m | 51:48 || Hosea 1:2 m | 2:15 || S. Matthew 4:17 || Romans 5:20 l.
174. That conversion is hearty in thought and in deed, if we renounce the details of sin.
Genesis 14:3 || 19:17 m || 35:2 | 45:20 | Exodus 10:26 | 12, 15 f || Leviticus 12:8 || Deuteronomy 7:2 ,25 m | 12:3 || Joshua 12:28 | 23:12 || Judges 6:20 || 1 Samuel 15:18 || Job 11:14 || Psalms 45:11 l Proverbs 5:8 || Jeremiah 4:1 | 50:8 || Hosea 2:17 || Ecclesiasticus 21:2 || Ephesians 5:3 .
175. That repentance should be taken in hand speedily for seven reasons.
The first reason is, lest sin become a habit, which it is almost impossible to, give up.
Jeremiah 8:6 l | 9:5 l | 12:23 || S. John 11:39 l.
The second reason is, lest we should fall from one wickedness into another.
Psalms 42:9 f || Hosea 4:2 || Romans 2:5 || Revelation 22:11 .
The third reason is, sudden death.
Proverbs 27:1 || Ecclesiastes 9:15 || S. Matthew 25:13 || S. Luke 12:20 , 40 || Revelation 3:3 l | 16:15 l.
The fourth reason is, that a man in his last sickness may be taken up by other matters, or may be slain by some unexpected accident.
1 Samuel 4:18 | 31:2 l || 2 Samuel 20:10 || Ecclesiastes 12:1 || Isaiah 38:19 f || Jeremiah 50:24 | 51:34
