Repentance is the vomit of the soul.
Interpretation
Repentance cleanses the soul, much like vomiting purges the body.
Thomas Brooks uses the metaphor of vomiting to describe repentance, suggesting that just as the body sometimes needs to rid itself of harmful substances, the soul must expel sin and guilt. This act of repentance, therefore, is crucial for spiritual health and renewal, enabling individuals to start anew with a clear conscience.
In practice
In a sermon discussing the importance of spiritual growth, a pastor might say this quote to emphasize the necessity of repentance.
Remember this-all the sighing, mourning, sobbing, and complaining in the world, does not so undeniably evidence a man to be humble, as his overlooking his own righteousness, and living really and purely upon the righteousness of Christ.
Grace and glory differ very little; the one is the seed, the other is the flower; grace is glory militant, glory is grace triumphant.
He is the best preacher, not that tickles the ear, but that breaks the heart.
Ah! sinner, remember this, there is no way on earth effectually to be rid of the guilt, filth, and power of sin, but by believing in a Saviour. It is not resolving, it is not complaining, it is not mourning, but believing, that will make thee divinely victorious over that body of sin that to this day is too strong for thee, and that will certainly be thy ruin, if it be not ruined by a hand of faith.
Self is the only oil that makes the chariot-wheels of the hypocrite move in all religious concerns.
Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
When nonviolence is accepted as the law of life, it must pervade the whole being and not be applied to isolated acts.
Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human ββ βTHEN β I β DONβT β WANT β TO β BE β HUMAN!β Harry roared.
Your soul has a single basic function-the act of valuing.
Discrimination is not liberal. Arguing against discrimination is not intolerance.
Grief seems at first to destroy not just all patterns, but also to destroy a belief that a pattern exists.
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