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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.
Have you put forth a mighty power of the Spirit of Faith, to tender up to God the Father the Atonement that his Son has made by his blood and death for your sins? Have you seen that the pardoning grace of God is so high, that it is impossible to be reached unto by any thing you can do, but only by the mediation of the Son of God? If it have been thus with your spirits? then you have somewhat of the sense of the great work of God in this thing; but otherwise, though you have been never so much wrought on and have had floods of sorrow, and have cried never so earnest for the pardon of your sins, yet except you have had some such kind of thoughts of Gods grace, as these are, upon your hearts, working after God this way, you were never throughly acquainted with the way of Gods pardoning grace, and so you have dishonoured him, by having too low thoughts of it, except your hearts have been raised to this height, Psal. 51.7. in that time when David was on repenting, he called unto God to purge him with Hyssop; David desired the renewing of the assurance of Gods mercy in Christ, in the pardoning of that horrible offence he had committed; and therefore prays that he may be purged with Hyssop: What is the meaning of that? there is a great mystery in it; in the time of the Law when the blood was sprinkled, it was done with a bunch of Hyssop; and it was a Type of the Blood of Christ that was ⟨p. 107⟩to make an Atonement, Levit. 14. They were to take a bunch of Hyssop to sprinkle withal; Now says David, Purge me with Hyssop, that is, apply to me the blood of Christ, for I have need of fresh applications of the blood of Christ; I have sinned against him, and have done what in me lay to bring my self under Gods wrath, and have brought new guilt upon my soul: Now for the assurance of thy love to me, let there be fresh applications of the blood of thy Son; let there be a new sprinkling of the blood of thy Son upon me: I suppose many of you in reading this place, did not think of the meaning of the Spirit of God in it, that may be a great help unto you, when at any time you are seeking the pardon of your sins, to cry to God to be purged with Hyssop; O Lord▪ sprinkle the blood of Christ afresh upon me; for I know that all my Prayers and Tears, and all that I can do, cannot purge me from the guilt of that sin I have committed against thee, except thou purge me with Hyssop;