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And aware of the deccitfulncss of sin in liarclenintr the heart, and in betraying the sinner into a neglect of his spiritual interests, he divests him of every refuge, and strips Jiim of every plea for postpdliing his preparation for eternity. He forcibly exposes the delusion of convenient seasons, and the awful iniat nation and hazard of delay, and knowing the magnitude of the stake at issue, he urgea the sinner to immediate repentance, as if the fearful and almost absolute alternative were Now or Never. And to secure the commencement of such an important work against all the dangers to which procrastination might exjx)se it, lie endeavors to arrest the sinner in his career of guilt and unconcern, and resolutely to fix his determination on turning to God this day without delay. There are two very prevalent delusions on this subject, which wc shoukl like to expose; the one regards the natiij-e, and tlic other the season of repentance; bothof wliich are pregnant with mischief to the mmdg of men. With regard to the first, much mischief has arisen from mistakes respecting the meaning of the term repentance. The word repentance occurs with two dilleren Lmeanings in the New Testament; and it is to be regretted, that two diflerent words could nut have been devised to express these. Tliis is chargeable uix)n the poverty of our language; for it is to be observed, that in the original Greek the distinction in the meanings is pointed out by a distinction in tho words. Tlie employment of one term to denote two different things has tlie effect of confounding and misleading the understanding; and it is much to be wished, thatevery ambiguity of this kind were cleared away from that mo.
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