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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.
that is, by applying of the Blood of thy Son unto me: And this is the Eighth way of dishonouring the grace of God, in seeking for it any other way than through the blood of his Son; and remember when you are seeking it, that it may be the last time; and therefore remember you look up to God for it in, by, and through the death of his Son; for otherwise, though you are never so earnest in Prayer, you dishonour this grace: It is an easy matter to convince men and women, that they are guilty of dishonouring the grace of God, if they seek for pardon in a negligent and sluggish way; but now, though you are never so sensible, and put forth never so much strength in seeking for it, yet you dishonour God, except you look upon it as such a high thing that can never be reached unto, but through the mediation of the Son of God.
that is, by applying of the Blood of thy Son unto me: And this is the Eighth way of dishonouring the grace of God, in seeking for it any other way than through the blood of his Son; and remember when you are seeking it, that it may be the last time; and therefore remember you look up to God for it in, by, and through the death of his Son; for otherwise, though you are never so earnest in Prayer, you dishonour this grace: It is an easie matter to convince men and women, that they are guilty of dishonouring the grace of God, if they seek for pardon in a negligent and sluggish way; but now, though you are never so sensible, and put forth never so much strength in seeking for it, yet you dishonour God, except you look upon it as such a high thing that can never be reacht unto, but through the mediation of the Son of God.
9. The ninth way of dishonouring the grace of God is, for any one to venture on sin, the rather because they hope they shall be pardoned, that dare to venture on sin on that ground, hoping that God will at last pardon them, I spake before of those that did nothing else but increase their sins in stead of seeking pardon of sin, and of the miserable sad condition of such: But those we now speak of, are not such as are come to this height ⟨p. 108⟩