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Gospel remission, or, A treatise showing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…Gospel remission, or, A treatise shewing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin…
Gospel remission, or, A treatise showing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin wherein is discovered the many Gospel mysteries therein contained, the glorious effects proceeding from it, the great mistakes made about it, the true signs and symptoms of it, the way and means to obtain it / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being several sermons preached immediately after those of The evil of sin by the same author, and now published by Philip Nye ... [et al.]Gospel remission, or, A treatise shewing that true blessedness consists in pardon of sin wherein is discovered the many Gospel mysteries therein contained, the glorious effects proceeding from it, the great mistakes made about it, the true signs and symptomes of it, the way and means to obtain it / by Jeremiah Burroughs ; being several sermons preached immediately after those of The evil of sin by the same author, and now published by Philip Nye ... [et al.]
London: printed for Dor. Newman, 1668
Gospel Remission. › Chapter 6: Of Pardoning Mercy coming from the Fountain of Gods Everlasting Love.
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CHAP. VI. Of Pardoning Mercy coming from the Fountain of Gods Everlasting Love.
1When God comes to pardon sin, it is such a mercy as comes from the fountain of Gods Everlasting Love; other mercies do not; where this is not, you cannot make them Evidences of Gods eternal love; if God give you health of body, good voyages at Sea, and good comings in in respect of the world, you cannot draw Arguments from hence, that God bears eternal love to your souls. But when he comes to pardon your sins, it is a certain ⟨p. 53⟩evidence, that God hath set his love on thee from all eternity; if there were a chain let down from Heaven, and thou couldst take hold but of one link, it would certainly bring thee thither, both ends would come together. Rom. 8.30. here's a chain of many links let down, and if thou canst catch hold of the link of Justification, thou mayst certainly catch hold of Predestination; for all hang together: if thou art justified, then know for certain that thou art a predestinated man or woman; whom God hath set his heart upon from all eternity to do thee good: and this is a great happiness for a poor creature, while he lives in this world, to know that God hath set his heart upon him from all eternity to do him good; and indeed, we can never be at rest until we come to this, if thy heart be right, thou canst not be at rest in the enjoyment of such poor fare as God casts to Reprobates, thou must have other comforts than any thing the world can afford; if thy heart be right, thou wilt never rest until thou come to know Gods thoughts in his eternal purposes towards thee; it is no nicety nor vain curiosity, for men and women to seek to know what were the thoughts of God towards them from all eternity; it may be known, and God hath revealed it, especially in the times of the Gospel, God hath opened his bosom to reveal unto his people the thoughts he had of them from all eternity; and this makes a Pardoned sinner to be so blessed; and this is more than any Malefactor can have from a Prince, he may be persuaded to pardon him; and yet even presently his heart may be as much set against him as against any man; yet now having got his Pardon, he thinks himself blessed, and goes his way: But now, when God Pardons, it is not an act of a day, but such an act as God hath set his heart upon from all eternity to do it; it is such an act as the infinite wisdom of God hath been set on work from all eternity to effect it: