And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. -- Luke 23:39-43 A tender heart is ever a trenbling heart. The penitent has felt sins biterness. This hornet has stung him and now, having hopes that God is reconciled, he is afraid to come to sin any more. The repenting soul is full of fear. He is afraid to lose Gods favour which is better than life. He is afraid he should, for want of diligence, come short of salvation. He is afraid lest, after his heart has been soft, the waters of repentance should freeze and he should hearden in sin again. Happy is the man that feareth alway (Prov. 28:14. A sinner is like leviathan who is made without fear (Job 41:33). A repenting person fears and sins not; a graceless person sins and fears not.---The Doctrine of Repentance, Thomas Watson, p. 94.
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