158 CORINTHIANS, 2nd 7:10, C. H. Cayce “A godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.”
A godly sorrow cannot come from an ungodly source. A godly sorrow, then, must proceed from a godly heart— a heart that has been made right. Godly sorrow works repentance. To repent is to turn from. To repent of wickedness is to be, first, sorry for it and then to turn from it, with a sincere effort and desire to live right.
When you see one who is thus exercised, you see one whose heart has been made right, and his repentance is unto, or with reference to, his salvation.
“The sorrow of the world worketh death.” One may be sorry his meanness has been found out— he may be sorry that he is discovered— and yet not be sorry that he committed the crime. His sorrow does not come from a good heart, for he would do the same crime again, if he thought he would not be discovered and punished for it. The Primitive Baptist, April 11, 1911.