The Doctrine of Repentance by Thomas Watson
Ingredient 2: Sorrow for Sin 'I will be sorry for my sin' (Psa 38:18). Ambrose calls sorrow the embittering of the soul. The Hebrew word 'to be sorrowful' signifies 'to have the soul, as it were, crucified.' This must be in true repentance: 'They shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn' (Zec 12:10), as if they did feel the nails of the cross sticking in their sides. A woman may as well expect to have a child without pangs as one can have repentance without sorrow. He that can believe without doubting, suspect his faith; and he that can repent without sorrowing, suspect his repentance. Martyrs shed blood for Christ, and penitents shed tears for sin: 'she'stood at his [Jesus'] feet'weeping' (Luk 7:38). See how this limbeck[19] dropped. The sorrow of her heart ran out at her eye
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