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ness - It wastes ye strength of the
Soul, as sickness does yt of ye body.
- and It tends to death. It will prove
fatal, unless it be removed.

//Coversion is ye same as repentance. Repent
and be converted is ye turning of ye Soul
from Sin to God. It is its recovery from a
state of mind as sickness to a sound healthful state.

//It begins in a conviction of Sin - As
a sick man will not call in ye aid
of a physician, till he feels his sick-
ness; so neither will a sinner ap-
ply ye means of recovery, till he
is convinced of his sin & danger.
Peter's heaven were pricked in yr
heart, before they enquired, wt they
must do to be saved -

// - There must be a hatred of Sin, & sor-
row for it, unifying for a view of ye
evil of it, as contrary to ye nature
of God, & (at)tending to destruction of the
Soul - Godly sorrow marks repentance.
Returning Sinners are repre-
sented as loathing {themselves} for yr
evils & abominations -

// - There is consequently a resolution
of heart agt Sin - This is ye language
of ye convert - I will not offend any
more - wt I see not reach thou
me. If I have done iniquity, I will
do no more.

// - This resolution is founded in the
grace of God, & accompanied with ear-
nest desires & prayers to obtain it.
Turn thou me, & I shall be turned,
was ye prayer of repenting Ephra
im - When ye sinner turned to the