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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 16: Of the several Mistakes of Men about the Pardon of their Sins.
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11 Know thou dost not understand, what the evil and malignity of sin means; If thou thinkest the least sin does not make such a breach between God and thee, as all created power in Heaven and Earth, can never make up again: if you do not believe that all those Sermons preached unto you about the evil of sin, are lost unto you. But know, as a little Penknife may stab you to death; as truly as a gash of the greatest Sword, and a little shot out of a Pistol may kill you as well as a Canon bullet; So a little sin may prove your eternal ruin as well as a great one: and therefore that is no argument that God hath past by your sins, because they are little ones; and for that consider this one thing I am further speaking of:
11 Know thou dost not understand, what the evil and malignity of sin means; If thou thinkst the least sin does not make such a breach between God and thee, as all created power in Heaven and Earth, can never make up again: if you do not beleive that all those Sermons preacht unto you about the evil of sin, are lost unto you. But know, as a little Penknife may stabb you to death; as truly as a gash of the greatest Sword, and a little shot out of a Pistol may kill you as well as a Canon bullet; So a little sin may prove your eternal ruine as well as a great one: and therefore that is no argument that God hath past by your sins, because they are little ones; and for that consider this one thing I am further speaking of:
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2. Gods pardoning mercy is his own, to do with it what he pleases; and therefore that God may show his prerogative, he will sometimes to some, pardon their great sins, and others he will damn for little sins; you think your sins are not so great as other mens, and therefore you think that God will forgive you; do not deceive your selves with this, God will do with his mercy what he pleases. What if he will pardon the most notorious gross sins in others, and damn thee for thy sins in thoughts? what if he will pardon the most notorious uncleanness and murder in another, and damn thee for a wanton thought? he may do it, for his mercy is his own: For this take the example of David and Saul compared together, David committed many sins, but especially those two of Adultery and Murder, and yet God pardoned him, but