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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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1Secondly, Others it may be will plead, my sins are not many; we are all sinners, but I have not multiplied and increased my sins as others have done. I shall answer to that briefly, know that one sin is enough to damn thee, 2as fully as a Million of transgressions reiterated again, and again; One chain is enough to hold thee in everlasting darkness, and God may damn thee for one sin, as well as for never so many thousands, as you have heard, he did the Angels for their first, and but one sin; and therefore though thy sins are not many, that is no argument at all. Further, we may observe in the way of Gods pardoning mercy; he pardons some that have gone a long time on in their sins, and makes quick work with others that have been but a little time in sin, and that we may see in the example of Manasseh and Amon; compare those two together, in the example of Manasseh you shall find that he reigned some 55 years; he was a notorious vile sinner against God; and yet he reigned a long time in it, his conversion was but late. 2 Kings 21.1. He was 12. years old, when he began to reign, and he reigned 55. years in Jerusalem; and almost all this time he went on in committing most notorious abominations, and yet God pardoned him. But now mark, his Son Amon comes after him, and perhaps he might reason thus, my Father lived thus and thus, and for a long time had his lust and desires, and why may not I venture to do as my Father did; and so he went on in his Fathers wickedness; but now mark, God comes presently upon him, and lets him live but two years, and there's an end of him. Manasseh continued 55. years, and his Son comes after him, and he would go on in his Fathers steps, and God presently cut him off; so though some may continue in whoredom, and in other abominations, and perhaps live in Outward prosperity many years, 40 or 50 years, yet God may pass them by, and then if thou ⟨p. 143⟩sinnest after their example, he may come upon thee for the first or second act, cut the off, and send thee down presently to Hell; and therefore do not say, my sins are but few, and therefore God will pass them by, that is no argument at all.