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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.
but when you solemnly set your selves to examine your own hearts what you are guilty of, and protest against your sins solemnly in the presence of God, and say, Lord this and this particular sin I am guilty of; Lord I was drawn to such and such sins the day before in such and such company, O Lord forgive my sin, and forgive me these and these particular sins; this is the way to seek pardon of sin aright: Do you do so? this will be a mighty bond upon your hearts to think thus within your selves; Lord, What have I been setting my self solemnly in the presence of the Almighty to confess my sins, and prayed him to forgive them; what care have I need to take that I fall not into the same sin again? Thou that hast come this day, and confessed and prayed against thy sin, do not fall into it again; you that are apt to break out into passion, when you find your selves begin to wax hot, if you would but take so much liberty as to bethink your selves, that you have been praying to God this morning to forgive such a Passion: it would be of mighty concernment to help you from going on in Passion, or any other sin, to consider that you have been praying to God for pardon and forgiveness of it; you that do not consider this, but confess your sins in the morning, and then go on again to commit sin; you make more work for the next time: you ⟨p. 94⟩come to confess sin, as in Solemn Days of Humiliation, men will rip up all their sins, but before another day come, they have made work for another and another day; and this is the reason when men come to confess their sins before God, of their trifling with him and were it not that God is a God of infinite patience, he could not bear it; might not he say to you, you came seven years ago, and told me of your Pride, Passion, Earthly-mindedness, and the like; and do you now come and tell me the same again? were not God infinitely patient, he could never bear this dallying with him, for the truth is, it is nothing else but infinite dallying with God, Jer. 3.5. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, my Father, thou art the guide of my youth? they seemed to cry to God; O thou art my Father and the guide of my youth, there are but these words named, but it is like they opened their sins before God, and cried for mercy:
but when you solemnly set your selves to examine your own hearts what you are guilty of, and protest against your sins solemnly in the presence of God, and say, Lord this and this particular sin I am guilty of; Lord I was drawn to such and such sins the day before in such and such company, O Lord forgive my sin, and forgive me these and these particular sins; this is the way to seek pardon of sin aright: Do you do so? this will be a mighty bond upon your hearts to think thus within your selves; Lord, What have I been setting my self solemnly in the presence of the Almighty to confess my sins, and prayed him to forgive them; what care have I need to take that I fall not into the same sin again? Thou that hast come this day, and confest and prayed against thy sin, do not fall into it again; you that are apt to break out into passion, when you find your selves begin to wax hot, if you would but take so much liberty as to bethink your selves, that you have been praying to God this morning to forgive such a Passion: it would be of mighty concernment to help you from going on in Passion, or any other sin, to consider that you have been praying to God for pardon and forgiveness of it; you that do not consider this, but confess your sins in the morning, and then go on again to commit sin; you make more work for the next time: you