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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 17: Of the true Evidences of Forgiveness of Sin.
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Seventhly, The more assurance God gives of pardon, the more the heart melts before God in mourning for the sins that God has pardoned, according to the manifestation of Gods mercy in ⟨p. 178⟩pardoning, so doth the soul by the work of Gods grace melt in holy mourning, even for those sins that God has pardoned: many think they must mourn for sin to get pardon, but when they are pardoned, Why should they mourn then? I have spoken to that before, that many mourn to get pardon; but I say, they mourn, because they are pardoned: I manifest it thus, in this evidence I give of pardon of sin; that according to the degree of knowledge the soul hath of pardon of sin, the heart melts before God for all sins that are pardoned, the 51. Psal. is exceeding remarkable, David laments his sin exceeding bitterly, but mark the Title of that Psalm, To the chief Musician, a Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet came unto him; after he had gone in to Bathsheba: Now would you know what Nathan did when he came unto David, you shall find if you read the story of David's Adultery and Murder, 2 Sam. 12. Chap. it was to bring the news unto David of the pardon of his sin; first Nathan convinces him of his sin, that he should do it before Israel, and before the Sun, and having convinced him, he says further, the Lord hath put away thy sin: Now a secure heart might go away, and say, all is well, I shall not dye, God hath pardoned my sin, I need not be troubled any more about that matter: But mark the Psalmist how he cries out to God, Have mercy O Lord upon me, and blot out all my transgressions, wash me, purge me; and then he prays for restoring mercies for his broken bones, and then cries out for further assurance; the very grace of God that Nathan brought to him of the pardon of his sin, that very grace of God did melt and break his heart so much the more; after God had sent to him the pardon of his sin, he mourned more than ever before; we never read that David was so much troubled for his sin as in this 51. Psal. that was after Nathan, had come unto him: Now if you find that at that time when God is pleased to come unto you in the Ministry of the Word, or in private to declare unto you the pardon of your sin, and to give you the comfortable Evidence of it, that then your hearts are most devoted to mourn for them, and to melt before God, Be of good comfort, thy sins are pardoned.
Seventhly, The more assurance God gives of pardon, the more the heart melts before God in mourning for the sins that God has pardoned, according to the manifestation of Gods mercy in