repent

• I have often made considerable purchases, and never yet had reason to repent, which is saying much; for if I inadvertently bid for, and had a lot knocked down to me, which I afterwards disliked, I always found an acquaintance glad to take it off my hands at the cost, and in several instances have sold or exchanged to considerable advantage. —  Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)
• Wherefore to say that in this life there is any sin of which one cannot repent, is erroneous, first, because this would destroy free-will, secondly, because this would be derogatory to the power of grace, whereby the heart of any sinner whatsoever can be moved to repent, according to Prov. 21:1: "The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever He will He shall turn it It is also erroneous to say that any sin cannot be pardoned through true Penance. —  Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition
• In spite of the events, I am so certain that the advice was sound and wise, that I do not repent--scarcely regret--having followed it I need not particularize the precaution taken to insure the safe delivery of these credentials: it is sufficient to state that they were never submitted to Federal inspection; nor had I ever, at any time, in my possession, a single document which could vitiate my claim to the rights of a neutral and civilian. —  Border and Bastille
• They had triumphed over a poor girl of twenty If after their condemnation heretics repent, and if the signs of their repentance are manifest, the sacraments of confession and the eucharist may not be denied them, provided they demand them with humility. —  The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2
• He also begged them to repent, and to turn to Jesus Christ that their sins might be forgiven Thus day after day the convict ship sailed on. —  Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading

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