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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. X. Of Pardoning Mercy, being such a Mercy as is denied to the fallen Angels.
CHAP. X. Of Pardoning Mercy, being such a Mercy as is denyed to the fall'n Angels.
Blessed is the man that hath his iniquities forgiven; for this is a mercy that God hath denied to the fallen Angels: 1God in pardoning thy sin, does more for thee than he would do for those thousand thousand millions of Angels; it is a mercy that God has denied to those millions of Angels that sinned against him: Suppose a poor wretched man be guilty of Treason against the King, and as he is, so a great part of the chief Nobility of the Land are guilty also, as well as he: But now when the King comes to look upon them, he sets his heart on this poor man (that perhaps begged from door to door) and says this poor creature shall be forgiven; I will pass by his offence, and not only so, but advance him into high and great favour at the Court, and condemns all the Nobles: Now if this poor man shall see all the Noble men in chains, that were guilty but of one offence; and he perhaps hath been guilty for acting in a treasonable way 40, 50, or 70 years; and the Noble men guilty but for one offence; and this poor wretched creature sees these Noble men in chains, and knows that all they and every one of them are condemned to suffer most dreadful tortures, to dye a most dreadful torturing tormenting death: Now what a mighty aggravation is this of the mercy of the King, that shall pardon the offence of this poor creature; how will he stand amazed, admiring at the greatness of it; I that am guilty of the same offence, yea more guilty than they, and that I shall be pardoned, and the chief of the Nobility of the Kingdom must die a most torturing tormenting death, for their offence; what a difference hath the Kings favour made between me and them: certainly this is the case for all the world, with any poor soul whose sins are pardoned; God has done as much for thee, to the full; the Angels were the most glorious creatures that ever God made, and thou art but a poor worm in comparison of them; they sinned against him ⟨p. 70⟩