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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 15 › Of the Evil of dishonouring the Pardoning Grace of God.
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Secondly, This aggravates the sin of such men above the sins of the Heathen; their sins are nothing in comparison of those that live under the Gospel, and have the grace of God opened unto them; at the Day of Judgment, when thou hearest them condemned for sins against the Light of Nature, they may say, Lord, What shall become of these? we never heard of such grace and pardoning mercy in Christ as you heard of, that have lived in such and such a place, and have had the pardoning mercy of God opened to you; if they do not plead against you, yet it will be made known before all Men and Angels what you have heard, and what has been preached unto you, and what God has done for you; and for you to continue in sin, your sins will thereby be aggravated, and your condemnation heightened.
Thirdly, Your sin is above the sin of the Devils; the sin of the Devils is not so great as yours is that live under the light of the Gospel, and have the pardoning grace of God preached to you: for though the Devils blaspheme God continually, yet their sins have not this aggravation upon them that yours have; God never came and told them, he was willing to pardon their sins; nor did Christ make any purchase for them by his blood; but to you is the Gospel preached, and pardon offered daily to you▪ Are not your sins greater then, than the sins of the Devils? Would not you account it a great aggravation of any ones offence, that hath wronged and injured you, and should seek for pardon, and yet you rather seek to him, and offer pardon to him, and sue to him to accept it, and he goes away and contemns you; would not you account this a great aggravation? know, thy sinning against this grace, makes thee to be in a worse condition than Beelzebub himself, that is the chief all the Devils; he had never this aggravation, which is a dreadful one to sin against the pardoning mercy of God; so that the very Devils may complain against you, and say, O Lord we sinned against thee, but thou tookest advantage against us presently for one sin; but how have these sinned against thy pardoning mercy, that has been offered to them again and again, which was never offered us?
Thirdly, Your sin is above the sin of the Devils; the sin of the Devils is not so great as yours is that live under the light of the Gospel, and have the pardoning grace of God preached to you: for though the Devils blaspheme God continually, yet their sins have not this aggravation upon them that yours have; God never came and told them, he was willing to pardon their sins; nor did Christ make any purchase for them by his blood; but to you is the Gospel preacht, and pardon offered dayly to you Are not your sins greater then, than the sins of the Devils? Would not you account it a great aggravation of any ones offence, that hath wronged and injured you, and should seek for pardon, and yet you rather seek to him, and offer pardon to him, and sue to him to accept it, and he goes away and contemns you; would not you account this a great aggravation? know, thy sinning against this grace, makes thee to be in a worse condition than Belzebub himself, that is the chief all the Devils; he had never this aggravation, which is a dreadful one to sin against the pardoning mercy of God; so that the very Devils may complain against you, and say, O Lord we sinned against thee, but thou tookest advantage against us presently for one sin; but how have these sinned against thy pardoning mercy, that has been offered to them again and again, which was never offered us?