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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
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3. As the heart of God and Christ, so the heart of the Holy Ghost is in this business too; the great work the Holy Ghost hath to do in this world, and the great business for which he was sent, it is to convince poor souls of the righteousness there is to be had in Christ for Justification, Joh. 16.8, 9, 10. Christ will send the Comforter; and first he will convince the world of sin. 2. Of righteousness: What is that? that is, when the Spirit comes, he will clear it up unto believers, and convince them that the righteousness that they must have to stand righteous before God in, is the righteousness of Christ alone; and this is a mighty work of the Spirit of God, and a work that would never have been ⟨p. 57⟩done, had not he come to have done it; it is such a great mystery that we should be righteous by another's righteousness, that it is above the reason of all Men and Angels; all Men and Angels were never able to fathom this infinite depth, it is above their apprehensions that ever we should come to be righteous in Christ, and very few yet where Christ is made known, are convinced of it: Those men that take up Religion in a natural way, they never are convinced of the Righteousness of Christ, it is a riddle and a mystery to them; only those few souls whom God intends eternally to save, the Spirit of God is sent unto them from the Father and the Son to clear it unto them, that the righteousness wherewith they must stand righteous before God, is the Righteousness of Jesus Christ; this is the great work of the Spirit of God, and he comes on purpose to enlighten you in this great point, and to witness this great Truth unto you, Heb. 10.15. Whereof the Holy Ghost is a witness, for after that he had said before, this is the Covenant that I will make, &c. vers. 17. Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more, as the Principal part of the Covenant, and of this the Holy Ghost is a witness: This great Truth of the forgiveness of Sins the Holy Ghost comes to bear witness of, and seal this to thy Soul, that thy sins are forgiven; this is the great work of the Holy Ghost, after believing to seal up the forgiveness of sin: and this is one great reason why the Holy Ghost hath the Title of Comforter, because as he comes to convince of sin, so also to witness and seal up forgiveness of sin to the soul: