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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
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Fifthly, So seek after it as that thou mayst testify thou wouldst sanctify the great Name of God in it; I do not say thou canst do it, but thou must endeavour after it, and desire that that which thou dost may have some resemblance to it; there is no work that ever God did from all eternity, that hath so much or more of his Name in it, than this work of the pardon of sin hath; this is a positive work of God, and is for this end to declare his Name; the works and Counsels of God about this was the greatest thing that ever God did; you heard much concerning the glory of God in this work, in the opening of the Doctrine: Now what I put you upon in the use is this, That in seeking pardon of sin, know you are are so to endeavour after it, as your endeavours may hold forth the apprehensions your souls have of the great Name of God: certainly this sanctifies Gods Name when we perform it so, when there is a work upon our souls suitable in some measure to the excellent and glorious Name of God that appears in some measure in the work that we are conversant about: as suppose it be the speaking of any attribute of God, then I sanctify Gods Name, when there is that reverential respect to God in reference to such an Attribute; so when I give God praise for a mercy, I sanctify Cods Name when there is a work upon my heart suitable to that glorious Name of God that appears in that mercy bestowed on me; so if I seek after God for a blessing, then I reverence Gods Name, when there is such a disposition in my heart, that is somewhat suitable to the glorious Name of God that appears in that blessing: so in endeavouring to sanctify Gods Name in seeking after pardon of sin, thou dost it then, when there is such a frame in thy heart as may hold forth to Men and Angels, that this work of thine hath some kind of suitableness to the glorious Name of God that appears in it; this is to sanctify the Name of God, and this is a great work; this is the great thing for which thou wast made; and this is the great thing for which the counsels of God, yea the deep counsels of God were set a work from all eternity: Now the dispositions of our spirits must be such, as may manifest the great end, the wisdom and counsels of God had in ⟨p. 210⟩it, and therefore it must be a great work that must manifest that; for certainly those whom God pardons he makes them understand what pardon means.
Fifthly, So seek after it as that thou may'st testifie thou would'st sanctifie the great Name of God in it; I do not say thou can'st do it, but thou must endeavour after it, and desire that that which thou dost may have some resemblance to it; there is no work that ever God did from all eternity, that hath so much or more of his Name in it, than this work of the pardon of sin hath; this is a positive work of God, and is for this end to declare his Name; the works and Counsels of God about this was the greatest thing that ever God did; you heard much concerning the glory of God in this work, in the opening of the Doctrine: Now what I put you upon in the use is this, That in seeking pardon of sin, know you are are so to endeavour after it, as your endeavours may hold forth the apprehensions your souls have of the great Name of God: certainly this sanctifies Gods Name when we perform it so, when there is a work upon our souls suitable in some measure to the excellent and glorious Name of God that appears in some measure in the work that we are conversant about: as suppose it be the speaking of any attribute of God, then I sanctifie Gods Name, when there is that reverential respect to God in reference to such an Attribute; so when I give God praise for a mercy, I sanctifie Cods Name when there is a work upon my heart suitable to that glorious Name of God that appears in that mercy bestowed on me; so if I seek after God for a blessing, then I reverence Gods Name, when there is such a disposition in my heart, that is somewhat suitable to the glorious Name of God that appears in that blessing: so in endeavouring to sanctifie Gods Name in seeking after pardon of sin, thou dost it then, when there is such a frame in thy heart as may hold forth to Men and Angels, that this work of thine hath some kind of suitableness to the glorious Name of God that appears in it; this is to sanctifie the Name of God, and this is a great work; this is the great thing for which thou wast made; and this is the great thing for which the counsels of God, yea the deep counsels of God were set a work from all eternity: Now the dispositions of our spirits must be such, as may manifest the great end, the wisdom and counsels of God had in