Repentance doth alter a man's case with God: and therefore repentance should alter the case between one man and another.
He that does not repent, sins again.
The sense of repentance is better assurance of pardon than the testimony of an angel.
It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.