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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 9: Of Pardoning Mercy being an Irrevocable Mercy.
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Sixthly, They shall be so forgiven, as that there shall be no more mention of them; there shall never be the least mention of a believers sins before God, and for that see Ezek. 33.16. it is spoken of every godly man indefinitely that turns to God, and is a Believer, None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him; by the way, let men take heed how they upbraid the people of God for any of their former sins: Perhaps you knew such a one in the times of his ignorance, and you say he was a liar, a Drunkard; but now God has revealed his mercy to him in the pardon of his sin, and God says he will not mention them any more: Take heed how you cast their sins, committed in the times of their ignorance, in their teeth, saying, oh you are so precise now, I knew what you were a little before; Shall the God of Heaven say, he will not mention them any more; and yet will you do it? God will take it very ill, at your hands: this is admirable comfort to every Believer, that God will not remember their sin any more; he would have thee to ⟨p. 67⟩remember them, to humble thy soul for them, and to renew thy repentance, but he will not remember them to upbraid thee with them, nor would he have others do it. Beza speaking of himself: when he was young, He made some vain and sinful Poems, which his Enemies upbraided him with afterwards, and casts them in his teeth, says he, These men envy me the grace of God, because God has vouchsafed to me his grace, they envy me, and cast in my teeth the evil that I have formerly done: Oh what a comfort and privilege is this to thee! Oh thou believing soul, though thou wert never so wicked and abominable before, yet I tell thee from God this day, in whose presence thou standest that he will never remember thy sin any more; and this may be a mighty encouragement for men and women to believe and turn from all their wicked ways, though thou hast been never so vile, abominable, and wicked: yet be it known unto thee this day, that if thou wilt come in and believe, God will never mention any of thy wickednesses more, they shall be so forgotten as they shall never be mentioned; thou it may be, art afraid that either here in this life, or at the day of Judgment all thy sins shall be charged on thee; well, be not afraid, perhaps there are many of you that are conscious to your selves of great sins committed;
Sixthly, They shall be so forgiven, as that there shall be no more mention of them; there shall never be the least mention of a believers sins before God, and for that see