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When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
When iron scourge, and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best.
Bad men are full of repentance.
Bad men are full of repentance.
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
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
I do not buy repentance at so heavy a cost as a thousand
drachmae.
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
To sigh, yet not recede; to grieve, yet not repent!
Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed
Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.