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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 13: Of Pardon of Sin, being the special end of all Gods Ordinances.
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2. The Sacraments, for what purpose hath Christ ordained them? the main end for which they were ordained is for Sealing, in the Supper is sealed up Gods mercy in the pardon of sin, Matth. 26 28. Christ tells his Disciples, The Cup is the blood of the New Testament which is shed for many for the Remission of Sin; as if Christ had said, this is the great Ordinance to seal unto People the pardon of their sins: Brethren, the King does not use to set his Broad Seal to trifles and toys, and fancies, but unto things of great concernment and consequence, they must be such that shall have the Broad Seal: so here, because pardon of sin is such a blessed thing, the Broad Seal of Heaven is ordained to seal it; and when the Sacrament is administered rightly, it is no other but the Broad Seal of Heaven to Seal up the pardon of thy sin; and so should men and women come to receive the Sacrament, they should think this day is a sealing-day; as in Courts of Justice they have their Sealing-days, and 'tis usually said, such a day is a Sealing-day, so a Sacrament day is a sealing-day, sealing up to you the the great blessedness of forgiveness of sin; a Soul thinks thus, I am a poor wretched vile sinner before the Lord, woe unto me; thus and thus have I done, woe is me. But I have heard of the riches of ⟨p. 79⟩Gods grace in pardoning my sin; and this day God calls me to come in, and have the pardon of my sin sealed with the Broad Seal of Heaven, that my soul may be assured, and I may go away in peace, and be comforted and quieted in the great business that lies upon me, those sins of mine that have so grated on my Conscience, and for which I have had dreadful apprehensions of the Clouds of Gods displeasure hanging over my head; this day I am to go to have the sealing of a pardon of them all: Thus should men and women come to the Sacrament with such thoughts upon their hearts, as an Ordinance appointed and ordained by Christ for the sealing up the pardon of their sins.
2. The Sacraments, for what purpose hath Christ ordained them? the main end for which they were ordained is for Sealing, in the Supper is sealed up Gods mercy in the pardon of sin, Matth. 26 28. Christ tells his Disciples, The Cup is the blood of the New Testament which is shed for many for the Remission of Sin; as if Christ had said, this is the great Ordinance to seal unto People the pardon of their sins: Brethren, the King does not use to set his Broad Seal to trifles and toys, and fancies, but unto things of great concernment and consequence, they must be such that shall have the Broad Seal: so here, because pardon of sin is such a blessed thing, the Broad Seal of Heaven is ordained to seal it; and when the Sacrament is administred rightly, it is no other but the Broad Seal of Heaven to Seal up the pardon of thy sin; and so should men and women come to receive the Sacrament, they should think this day is a sealing-day; as in Courts of Justice they have their Sealing-days, and 'tis usually said, such a day is a Sealing-day, so a Sacrament day is a sealing-day, sealing up to you the the great blessedness of forgiveness of sin; a Soul thinks thus, I am a poor wretched vile sinner before the Lord, woe unto me; thus and thus have I done, woe is me. But I have heard of the riches of