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That all sins may be forgiven him who has turned to God with his whole heart.

In the eighty-eighth Psalm: “If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments, and keep not my commandments, I will visit their iniquities with a rod, and their sins with stripes; nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not scatter away from them.”⁴⁸⁸⁷

4887 Ps. lxxxix. 30.

Also in Isaiah: “Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, When thou shalt turn and mourn, then thou shalt be saved, and shalt know where thou wast.”⁴⁸⁸⁸

4888 Isa. xxx. 15, LXX.

Also in the same place: “Woe unto you, children of desertion, saith the Lord! ye have made counsel not by me, and my covenant not by my Spirit, to add sin to sin.”⁴⁸⁸⁹

4889 Isa. xxx. 1, LXX.

Also in Jeremiah: “Withdraw thy foot from a rough way, and thy face from thirst. But she said, I will be comforted, I am willing; for she loved strangers, and went after them.”⁴⁸⁹⁰

4890 Jer. ii. 25, LXX.

Also in Isaiah: “Be ye converted, because ye devise a deep and wicked counsel.”⁴⁸⁹¹

4891 Isa. xxxi. 6, LXX.

Also in the same place: “I am He, I am He that blotteth out thy iniquities, and will not remember them; but do thou remember them, and let us be judged together; do thou first tell thine unrighteousnesses.”⁴⁸⁹²

4892 Isa. xliii. 25, LXX.

Also in the same: “Seek the Lord; and when ye shall have found Him, call upon Him. But when He has drawn near to you, let the wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him be converted to the Lord, and mercy shall be prepared for him, because He does not much⁴⁸⁹³

4893 Non multum remittit—probably a misprint for “permultum.”

4894 Isa. lv. 6, 7, LXX.

Also in the same: “Remember these things, O Jacob and Israel, because thou art my servant. I have called thee my servant; and thou, Israel, forget me not. Lo, I have washed away thy unrighteousness as,…and thy sins as a raincloud. Be converted to me, and I will redeem thee.”⁴⁸⁹⁵

4895 Isa. xliv. 21, 22, LXX.

Also in the same: “Have these things in mind, and groan. Repent, ye that have been seduced; be converted in heart unto me, and have in mind the former ages, because I am God.”⁴⁸⁹⁶

4896 Isa. xlvi. 8, LXX.

Also in the same: “For a very little season I have forsaken thee, and with great mercy I will pity thee. In a very little wrath I turned away my face from thee; in everlasting mercy I will pity thee.”⁴⁸⁹⁷

4897 Isa. liv. 7, 8, LXX.

Also in the same: “Thus said the Most High, who dwelleth on high, for ever Holy in the holies, His name is the Lord, the Most High, resting in the holy places, and giving calmness of mind to the faint-hearted, and giving life to those that are broken-hearted: I am not angry with you for ever, neither will I be avenged in all things on you: for my Spirit shall go forth from me, and I have made all inspiration; and on account of a very little sin I have grieved him, and have turned away my face from him; and he has suffered the vile man, and has gone away sadly in his ways. I have seen his ways, and have healed him, and I have comforted him, and I have given to him the true consolation, and peace upon peace to those who are afar off, and to those that are near.  And the Lord said, I have healed them; but the unrighteous, as a troubled sea, are thus tossed about and cannot rest. There is no joy to the wicked, saith the Lord.”⁴⁸⁹⁸

4898 Isa. lvii. 15 et seq., LXX.

Also in Jeremiah: “Shall a bride forget her adornment, or⁴⁸⁹⁹

4899 It is taken for granted that the “ut” of the original is a misprint for “aut.”

4900 Otherwise, “has forgotten me days without number.”

4901 Jer. ii. 32, LXX.

Also in the same: “For a decree, I will speak upon the nation or upon the kingdom, or I will take them away and destroy them. And if the nation should be converted from its evils, I will repent of the ills which⁴⁹⁰²

4902 Here also the emendation of “quæ” for “quod” is obviously necessary.

4903 Jer. xviii. 7.

Also in the same: “Return to me, O dwelling of Israel, saith the Lord, and I will not harden my face upon you; because I am merciful, saith the Lord, and I will not be angry against you for ever.”⁴⁹⁰⁴

4904 Jer. iii. 12, LXX.

Also in the same: “Be converted, ye children that have departed, saith the Lord; because I will rule over you, and will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you into Sion: and I will give you shepherds after my heart, and they shall feed you, feeding you with discipline.”⁴⁹⁰⁵

4905 Jer. iii. 14, LXX.

Also in the same: “Be converted, ye children who are turning, and I will heal your affliction.”⁴⁹⁰⁶

4906 Jer. iii. 22, LXX.

Also in the same: “Wash thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be healed: how long shall there be in thee thoughts of thy sorrows?”⁴⁹⁰⁷

4907 Jer. iv. 14, LXX.

Also in the same: “Thus saith the Lord, Does not he that falleth arise? or he that turns away, shall he not be turned back? Because this people hath turned itself away by a shameless vision, and they have persisted in their presumption, and would not be converted.”⁴⁹⁰⁸

4908 Jer. viii. 4, LXX.

Also in the same: “There is no man that repenteth of his iniquity, saying, What have I done? The runner has failed from his course, as the sweating horse in his neighing.”⁴⁹⁰⁹

4909 Jer. viii. 6, LXX.

Also in the same: “Therefore let every one of you turn from his evil way, and make your desires better.  And they said, We will be comforted, because we will go after your⁴⁹¹⁰

4910 Otherwise “our.”

4911 Jer. xviii. 12, LXX.

Also in the same: “Pour down as a torrent tears, day and night give thyself no rest, let not the pupil of thine eye be silent.”⁴⁹¹²

4912 Lam. ii. 18, LXX.

Also in the same: “Let us search out our ways, and be turned to the Lord. Let us purge our hearts with our hands, and let us look unto the Lord who dwelleth in the heavens. We have sinned, and we have provoked Thee, and Thou hast not been propitiated.”⁴⁹¹³

4913 Lam. iii. 40.

Also in the same: “And the Lord said to me in the days of Josias the king, Thou hast seen what the dwelling of the house,⁴⁹¹⁴

4914 There is evident confusion here, and no place can be found for the word “vocem.”

4915 It has been taken for granted that “numerosum” is a misprint for “nemorosum.”

4916 Jer. iii. 6, LXX.

Also in the same: “The Lord will not reject for ever; and when He has made low, He will have pity according to the multitude of His mercy. Because He will not bring low from His whole heart, neither will He reject the children of men.”⁴⁹¹⁷

4917 Lam. iii. 31, LXX.

Also in Ezekiel: “And the righteous shall not be able to be saved in the day of transgression. When I shall say to the righteous, Thou shalt surely live; but⁴⁹¹⁸

4918 Trombellius suggests “if” instead of “but.”

4919 Ezek. xxxii. 12, etc., LXX.

Also in the same: “I am the Lord, because I bring low the high tree, and exalt the low tree, and dry up the green tree, and cause the dry tree to flourish.”⁴⁹²⁰

4920 Ezek. xvii. 24, LXX.

Also in the same: “And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Even as ye have spoken, saying, Our errors and our iniquities are in us, and we waste away in them, and how shall we live? Say unto them, I live, saith the Lord: if I will the death of a sinner, only let him turn from his way, and he shall live.”⁴⁹²¹

4921 Ezek. xxxiii. 10, LXX.

Also in the same: “I the Lord have built up the ruined places, and have planted the wasted places.”⁴⁹²²

4922 Ezek. xxxvi. 36, LXX.

Also in the same: “And the wicked man, if he turn himself from all his iniquities that he has done, and keep all my commandments, and do judgment, and justice, and mercy, shall surely live, and shall not die. None of his sins which he has committed shall be in remembrance; in his righteousness which he hath done he shall live. Do I willingly desire the death of the unrighteous man, saith Adonai the Lord, rather than that he should turn him from his evil way, that he should live?”⁴⁹²³

4923 Ezek. xviii. 21, LXX.

Also in the same: “Be ye converted, and turn you from all your wickedneses, and they shall not be to you for a punishment. Cast away from you all your iniquities which ye have wickedly committed against me, and make to yourselves a new heart and a new spirit; and why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I desire not the death of him that dieth, saith Adonai the Lord.”⁴⁹²⁴

4924 Ezek. xviii. 30, LXX.

Also in Daniel: “And after the end of the days, I Nabuchodonosor lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my sense returned to me, and I praised the Most High, and blessed the King of heaven, and praised Him that liveth for ever: because His power is eternal, His kingdom is for generations,⁴⁹²⁵

4925 “In generatione.”

4926 Dan. iv. 34.

Also in Micah: “Alas for me, O my soul, because truth has perished from the earth, and among all there is none that correcteth; all judge in blood. Every one treadeth down his neighbour with tribulation; they prepare their hands for evil.”⁴⁹²⁷

4927 Mic. vii. 1, 2, 3, LXX.

Also in the same: “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, because I have fallen, but I shall arise:  because although I shall sit in darkness, the Lord will give me light:  I will bear the Lord’s anger, because I have sinned against Him, until He justify my cause.”⁴⁹²⁸

4928 Mic. vii. 8, LXX.

Also in Zephaniah: “Come ye together and pray, O undisciplined people; before ye be made as a flower that passeth away, before the anger of the Lord come upon you, before the day of the Lord’s fury come upon you, seek ye the Lord, all ye humble ones of the earth; do judgment and seek justice, and seek for gentleness; and answer ye to Him that ye may be protected in the day of the Lord’s anger.”⁴⁹²⁹

4929 Zeph. ii. 1, LXX.

Also in Zechariah: “Be ye converted unto me, and I will be turned unto you.”⁴⁹³⁰

4930 Zech. i. 3.

Also in Hosea: “Be thou converted, O Israel, to the Lord thy God, because thou art weakened by thine iniquities. Take many with you, and be converted to the Lord your God; worship Him, and say, Thou art mighty to put away our sins; that ye may not receive iniquity, but that ye may receive good things.”⁴⁹³¹

4931 Hos. xiv. 2.

Also in Ecclesiasticus: “Be thou turned to the Lord, and forsake thy sins, and exceedingly hate cursing, and know righteousness and God’s judgments, and stand in the lot of the propitiation of the Most High: and go into the portion of life with the living, and those that make confession. Delay not in the error of the wicked. Confession perisheth from the dead man, as if it were nothing. Living and sound, thou shalt confess to the Lord, and thou shalt glory in His mercies; for great is the mercy of the Lord, and His propitiation unto such as turn unto Him.”⁴⁹³²

4932 Ecclus. xvii. 26.

Also in the same: “How good is it for a true heart to show forth repentance! For thus shalt thou escape voluntary sin.”⁴⁹³³

4933 Ecclus xx. 3.

Also in the Acts of the Apostles: “But Peter saith unto him, thy money perish with thee, because thou thinkest to be able to obtain the grace of God by money. Thou hast no part nor lot in this faith, for thy heart is not right with God.  Therefore repent of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if haply the thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. For I see that thou art in the bond of iniquity, and in the bitterness of gall.”⁴⁹³⁴

4934 Acts viii. 20, etc.

Also in the second Epistle of the blessed⁴⁹³⁵

4935 The original has only “ben,” which Trombellius reasonably assumes to be meant for “benedicti.”

4936 2 Cor. vii. 10.

Also in the same place of this very matter:  “But if ye have forgiven anything to any one, I also forgive him; for I also forgave what I have forgiven for your sakes in the person of Christ, that we may not be circumvented by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his wiles.”⁴⁹³⁷

4937 2 Cor. ii. 10.

Also in the same: “But I fear lest perchance, when I come to you, God may again humble me among you, and I shall bewail many of those who have sinned before, and have not repented, for that they have committed fornication and lasciviousness.”⁴⁹³⁸

4938 2 Cor. xii. 21.

Also in the same: “I told you before, and foretell you as I sit present; and absent now from those who before have sinned, and to all others; as, if I shall come again, I will not spare.”⁴⁹³⁹

4939 2 Cor. xiii. 2.

Also in the second to Timothy: “But shun profane novelties of words, for they are of much advantage to impiety. And their word creeps as a cancer: of whom is Hymenæus and Philetus, who have departed from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already happened, and have subverted the faith of certain ones. But the foundation of God standeth firm, having this seal, God knoweth them that are His. And, Every one who nameth the name of the Lord shall depart from all iniquity. But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and of clay; and some indeed for honour, and some for contempt.  Therefore if any one shall amend⁴⁹⁴⁰

4940 “Emendaverit,” probably a mistake for “emundaverit,” “shall purge,” as in the Vulg.; scil. ἐκκαθάρῃ.

4941 2 Tim. ii. 16. [On true penitence see Epistle xxv. p. 304 supra.]

Also in the Apocalypse: “Remember whence thou hast fallen, and repent; but if not, I will come to thee quickly, and remove thy candlestick out of its place.”⁴⁹⁴²

4942 Rev. ii. 5. [This selection of texts seems made on the same principle which dictated the compilation of texts against the Jews: a breviarium, the author calls it,—quædam utilia collecta et digesta,—to be read with readiness, and frequently referred to.]

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