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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 18: Of the Rules how to apply the Evidences of Pardon of Sin.
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therefore it shows your comforts are precious things, you should not easily put them off, for they cost dear.
therefore it shews your comforts are precious things, you should not easily put them off, for they cost dear.
The seventh Rule in applying Evidences is this, That when you cannot see the work of faith reaching to Assurance, yet labour to put forth the work of faith of Adherence; there may be much of the workings of the faith of adherence, where there cannot be the faith of assurance; that is certain, there may be true faith adhering to Christ for the pardon of sin where the soul hath no certain assurance of it: Many poor creatures are crying out, and saying, if I had faith of assurance, and a full persuasion my sins were pardoned, I could be comforted; but because they have not attained to a full persuasion and assurance, they think they have no grace at all; but there may be faith in the pardon of sin, where there is not a reflect act of the soul, whereby I come to know it hath faith, and that its sins are pardoned, 1. Joh. Chap. 2.3. he shows there that there may be knowledge, and yet not know they do know; Hereby we know that we do know him, if we keep his Commandments, hereby we know that we do know him: now knowing of Christ, and knowing that we do know him, is not all one; there is a knowing, and a knowing that we do know him; so there is a believing and a knowing we do believe: there may be a true work of grace, that I may know Christ, and know him to salvation, and yet not know that I do know him, that is, by a reflect act of faith, a knowing that I do know him; so then, where there is not a faith of assurance there may be a faith of adherence; that is, when the soul sticks to Christ, and can give it self unto, and venture it self upon Christ for pardon of sin, life and Salvation; that is faith of adherence: suppose in seeking my Evidences (many of them being taken from the effects and fruits of faith) I cannot find them, and so cannot put forth a reflect act of the soul, which is faith of assurance, yet I may at that time have a faith of adherence; thou mayst feel thy heart stick to Christ, and ⟨p. 200⟩