I say therefore with
Bradford, "Repent, O England!" You have belepered yourself with sin, and
must needs go and wash in the spiritual Jordan. You have kindled God's anger
against you. Throw away your weapons, and bring your holy tears of
repentance, that God may be appeased in the blood of Christ. Let your tears
run—or God's scroll of curses will fly (Zech. 5:2). Either men must turn—or
God will overturn. Either the fallow ground of their hearts must be
broken up—or the land broken down. If no words will prevail with sinners, it
is because God has a purpose to slay them (1 Sam. 2:25). Those who, by their
prodigious sins have so far incensed the God of heaven that he denies them
the tears of repentance, may look upon themselves as condemned people.
- Thomas Watson (The Doctrine of Repentance, Chapter 6)
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