ATTRITION, among Divines, is a Sorrow or Regret for having offended God; arising from a Sense of the Odiousness of Sin, and the Apprehensions of having incurred the loss of Heaven and Punishment, i.e. the Pains of Hell. See HEAVEN and HELL. Attrition is esteem’d the lowest Degree of Repentance, being a step short of Contrition. See REPENTANCE and CONTRITION.
ATTRITION
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- Written by: Ephraïm Chambers
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