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The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…
The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Jury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians, Socinians, and more especially Antinomians in XXX lectures preached at Lawrence-Iury, London / by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Tho. Underhill, 1651
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2. That we may with hope and faith pray for the pardon of great sins as well as less. In Justification by Christ,1 greater sins are as easily forgiven as less. Though, as is to be showed, the party offending doth not come by pardon so easily, and more is required of him; now this is a good cordial to the afflicted spirit, who is apt to limit God in his pardon. He may forgive such and such sins, but can these great mountains ever be removed out of his sight, sins of such a magnitude and aggravation? ⟨p. 126⟩But our Saviour doth not determine us in our Petition, but whatsoever your sins are, pray for the pardon of them. Had it not been a great dishonour to Christ, if any diseased man had said, his malady was greater then Christ could cure, he might heal others, but not him? No less injurious is thy doubting, when the greatness of thy sin makes thee stagger. The obedience of Christ is as much above thy greatest sin, as Christs person is above thy person.
2. That we may with hope and faith pray for the pardon of great sins as well as lesse. In Justification by Christ,1 greater sins are as easily forgiven as lesse. Though, as is to be shewed, the party offending doth not come by pardon so easily, and more is required of him; now this is a good cordial to the afflicted spirit, who is apt to limit God in his pardon. He may forgive such and such sins, but can these great mountains ever be removed out of his sight, sins of such a magnitude and aggravation? ⟨p. 126⟩But our Saviour doth not determine us in our Petition, but whatsoever your sins are, pray for the pardon of them. Had it not been a great dishonour to Christ, if any diseased man had said, his malady was greater then Christ could cure, he might heal others, but not him? No lesse injurious is thy doubting, when the greatnesse of thy sin makes thee stagger. The obedience of Christ is as much above thy greatest sin, as Christs person is above thy person.
- 12 That a remission of great sins may be hoped for.