{"product_id":"2940012027214","title":"The Doctrine of Repentance","description":"The two great graces essential to a saint in this life are faith and repentance. These are the two \u003cbr\u003ewings by which he flies to heaven. Faith and repentance preserve the spiritual life as heat and \u003cbr\u003eradical moisture do the natural. The grace which I am going to discuss is repentance.  \u003cbr\u003eChrysostom thought it the fittest subject for him to preach upon before the Emperor Arcadius. \u003cbr\u003eAugustine caused the penitential psalms to be written before him as he lay upon his bed, and he \u003cbr\u003eoften perused them with tears. Repentance is never out of season; it is of as frequent use as the \u003cbr\u003eartificer's tool or the soldier's weapon. If I am not mistaken, practical points are more needful in \u003cbr\u003ethis age than controversial and polemical.  \u003cbr\u003eI had thought to have smothered these meditations in my desk but, conceiving them to be of \u003cbr\u003egreat concern at this juncture of time, I have rescinded my first resolution and have exposed \u003cbr\u003ethem to a critical view.  \u003cbr\u003eRepentance is purgative; fear not the working of this pill. Smite your soul, said Chrysostom, \u003cbr\u003esmite it; it will escape death by that stroke. How happy it would be if we were more deeply \u003cbr\u003eaffected with sin, and our eyes did swim in their orb. We may clearly see the Spirit of God \u003cbr\u003emoving in the waters of repentance, which though troubled, are yet pure. Moist tears dry up sin \u003cbr\u003eand quench the wrath of God. Repentance is the cherisher of piety, the procurer of mercy. The more regret and trouble of spirit we have first at our conversion, the less we shall feel \u003cbr\u003eafterwards.","brand":"Watson Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069069181168,"sku":"2940012027214","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012027214_p0.jpg?v=1763551985","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012027214","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}