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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.
5. Thou that sinnest now in hopes that God will pardon, if God enlighten thy mind, these things will be an intolerable burden to thee; and if there be any thing that will endanger the sinking of thy soul into the bottomless gulf of despair, it is like to be this; you now give way to the reasonings of your own hearts, to further sin from the consideration of Gods pardoning mercy; the same reason that furthers sin in you now, from the consideration of pardon, will make you have further thoughts of despairing of Gods mercy: Suppose thou goest on a great while, and heapest up sin on this presumption: Let me put this unto thee, either God will enlighten thy Conscience, or he will not do it; if he never do it, thou art eternally lost; but if he do it, if he come at length and awaken Conscience; then what a load of anguish and trouble will lie upon thy soul, that will make thee cry out, O Lord, I have not only sinned: but now I come to seek for mercy; my mouth is stopped with the thoughts of that mercy that I have abused: Now nothing ⟨p. 115⟩but free grace can do me good; my Conscience tells me how I have abused this grace, I have presumed on sin because of this, I have made the thoughts I had of this grace a means to further me in sin; and now with what face can I go to seek this grace and mercy? these will be stinging thoughts to thee another day; when a Minister shall come to apply the grace of God to thy soul, thou wilt say there is mercy with God to pardon sinners, but not for those that have abused the grace of God as I have done; Manasseh, and Paul, 'tis true, they committed many great sins; but did they ever commit any sin upon this ground, in hope of pardon: O look unto it, let none go out from the presence of the Lord this day, with thoughts to venture on sin, because ye hope it may be pardoned; to venture on sin on that ground, is the most horrible cursedest thing that can be.
5. Thou that sinnest now in hopes that God will pardon, if God inlighten thy mind, these things will be an intolerable burden to thee; and if there be any thing that will indanger the sinking of thy soul into the bottomless gulf of dispair, it is like to be this; you now give way to the reasonings of your own hearts, to further sin from the consideration of Gods pardoning mercy; the same reason that furthers sin in you now, from the consideration of pardon, will make you have further thoughts of despairing of Gods mercy: Suppose thou goest on a great while, and heapest up sin on this presumption: Let me put this unto thee, either God will inlighten thy Conscience, or he will not do it; if he never do it, thou art eternally lost; but if he do it, if he come at length and awaken Conscience; then what a load of anguish and trouble will lie upon thy soul, that will make thee cry out, O Lord, I have not only sinned: but now I come to seek for mercy; my mouth is stop't with the thoughts of that mercy that I have abused: Now nothing