EXHORTATION TO REPENTANCE.
IHAT allsinsmay be forgivenhim who has turned
to God with hiswhole heart.
In the eighty-eighthPsalm : " If hischildren
forsakemy law,and walk not in my judgments,
and keep not my commandments, I willvisittheiriniquities
with a rod, and theirsinswith stripes; neverthelessmy
loving-kindnesswillI not scatteraway from them."1
Also in Isaiah: " Thus saiththe Lord, the Holy One of
Israel,When thou shaltturn and mourn, then thou shaltbe
saved,and shaltknow where thou wast."2
Also in the same place: " Woe unto you, childrenof de
sertion,saiththe Lord !ye have made counselnot by me, and
my covenantnot by my Spirit,to add sinto sin."3
Also in Jeremiah : " Withdraw thy foot from a rough
way, and thy facefrom thirst.But she said,I willbe com
forted,I am willing; forshe lovedstrangers,and went after
them."4
Also in Isaiah: " Be ye converted,because ye devisea
deep and wicked counsel."5
Also in the same place: " I am He, I am He thatblotteth
out thy iniquities,and willnot remember them ; but do thou
remember them, and letus be judged together; do thou first
tellthineunrighteousnesses."0
Also in the same : " Seek the Lord ; and when ye shall
have found Him, callupon Him. But when He has drawn
near to you, letthe wicked forsakehis ways, and the un-
1Ps.lxxxix.30. 2Isa.xxx.15,LXX. 3 Isa.xxx.1,LXX.
* Jer.ii.25,LXX. 5 Isa.xxxi.6,LXX. 6Isa.xliii.25,LXX.
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