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Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers…Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers…
Aggravation of sin and sinning against knowledge. Mercy. Delivered in several sermons upon divers occasions. By Tho: Goodwin B.D.Aggravation of sinne and sinning against knowledge. Mercie. Delivered in severall sermons upon divers occasions. By Tho: Goodvvin B.D.
London: printed by M. Flesher for John Rothwell, 1637London: printed by M. Flesher for Iohn Rothwell, 1637
AGGRAVATIONS OF SINNING AGAINST KNOWLEDGE. › Part › First, Demonstrations.
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Secondly, the vast difference that in Gods account §2is put between sins of knowledge, 1and of ignorance, will appear by the different respect and regard that God hath to them, in the repentance he requires and accepts for them; and that both in the acts of repentance, and also in the state of grace and repentance, upon which God accepts a man, or for want of which he rejecteth him.
Secondly, the vast difference that in Gods account §2is put betweene sinnes of knowledge, 1and of ignorance, will appeare by the different respect and regard that God hath to them, in the repentance he requires and accepts for them; and that both in the acts of repentance, and also in the state of grace and repentance, upon which God accepts a man, or for want of which he rejecteth him.
- 1The vast difference between them, appears in the repentance God accepts for each. A general repentance for the one, not so for the other.The vast difference between them, appears in the repentance God accepts for each. A generall repentance for the one, not so for the other.
First, when a man comes to perform the acts of repentance, and to humble himself for sin, and to turn from it, God exacteth not, that sins of ignorance should particularly be repented of. But if they be repented of but in the general, & in the lump, be they never so great, God accepts it. This is intimated Psal. 19. 12. Who can understand his error? cleanse me from my secret sins: that was confession enough. But sins of knowledge must be particularly repented of, and confessed, and that again and again, as David was forced to do for his murder and adultery, or a man shall never have pardon. Yea farther, greater difference will appear, in regard of the state of grace and repentance: for a man may lye in a sin he doth not know to be a sin, and yet be in the state of Grace, as the Patriarchs in Polygamy, and in divorcing their wives: but to lye in a sin of knowledge, is not compatible with grace: but unless a man maintaineth a constant fight against it, hateth it, confesseth it, forsaketh it, he cannot have mercy. This cannot stand with uprightness