Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.

Restore to God His due in tithe and time;
A tithe purloin'd cankers the whole estate.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

Repentance is another name for aspiration.

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
[Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.
[Lat., Nec unquam primi consilii deos peonitet.]

Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.

Repentance for silence is better than repentance for speaking.

What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can. What can it not?
Yet what can it when read more

What then? What rests?
Try what repentance can. What can it not?
Yet what can it when one cannot repent?
O wretched state? O bosom black as death!
O limed soul, that struggling to be free
Art more engaged!

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

True repentance is to cease from sinning.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
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That it may please you leave these sad designs
To him that hath most cause to be a mourner,
And presently repair to Crosby House;
Where--after I have solemnly interred
At Chertsey monast'ry with noble king--
And wet his grave with my repentant tears--
I will with all expedient duty see you.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of read more

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.