...The apostle in addressing the Corinthian church, has described some of the results of godly sorrow. Behold this selfsame thing that ye sorrowed after...desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ; in all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. (2 Cor. 7. 11.) In the 51st Psalm there...

...says to the Corinthians, c Prov. v. 11— U. d Matt. xiii. 42. 823.] A SAINT'S VIEWS OF HIMSELF. 307 " Behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed after...yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revengee!" And we have seen it operate precisely as in the text, when, according to common apprehension,...

...remember my sins I am afraid : trembling taketh hold of my flesh ; so that I am a burden to myself. B When ye sorrowed after a godly sort, What carefulness it...vehement desire ; yea, what zeal ; yea, what revenge ! 7 Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation, not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world...

...which, Georgiana, he describes in contradistinction to the sorrow of the world which worketh death. " What carefulness it wrought in you ; yea, what clearing...fear ; yea, what vehement desire ; yea, what zeal." Such sorrow and striving against sin worketh out deliverance, which is the true meaning of the word...

...resolutions ? The fruits which godly sorrow produced in the Corinthians were thus beautifully portrayed : What carefulness it wrought in you, yea what clearing...yea what fear, yea what vehement desire, yea what revenge. There are moments in the experience of a good man, when he feels a more than ordinary softness...

...worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 11 For behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed...in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what incligna! lion, yea. wlwl Геаг; yea, what ve heinent desire, yea. what zeal, yea, u'ltat 'revenge...

...repenteth;" and Paul said that "godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: .... for behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after...wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves." Repentance thus enfolds the substance of Christianity. It is not only the starting-point of religion,...

...repentance; for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. "For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to...desire, yea, what zeal, yea, (what) revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. "Wherefore, though I wrote unto you...

...iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die."3 Paul says, speaking of the work of repentance: "Ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness...desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter."4 1 1 Sam. 12 : 19. ' Isa 1 : 16. 17....

...hath borne witness for them, saying on this wise: for " this very thing, 5 Amos viii. 11. [HOMILY IIL that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness...clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge." ' In this way do we bring to order servants and children, wives, and friends,...