A long time ago some wise men, wanting to speak of penitence simply and purely according to the rule of scripture, said that it consists in two parts: that is, mortification and vivification. They interpreted "mortification" as "a sorrow and great fear of heart which is conceived by the knowledge of sin and the feeling of God's judgment." For when someone is led to the true knowledge of his sin, he then begins to hate and detest it; then truly he is displeased with himself in his heart and confesses that he is wretched and ashamed and hopes to be different than he is. Besides, when he is moved
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