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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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Thirdly, Be willing to own all thy sins, confess, discover them with all the heart-breaking circumstances and aggravations thou canst possible, the Lord knows thy sins whether thou confessest them or not; but God will have thee to come and lay them open, God will have thee to come and charge thy self with them: 'tis a very good thing to open Conscience freely before the Lord, not in a slight way, but in a way of anguish ⟨p. 213⟩and bitterness of spirit bewailing them, and crying by way of Prayer and Petition against them.
Fourthly, Be willing to accept of the punishment of sin, say, O Lord, as thus I do charge and acknowledge, bewail and cry out of my sin; so here I am Lord, ready and willing to accept of the punishment of my sin, and the soul that is in this frame is in a comfortable way of pardon of sin.
Fifthly, Resolve to avoid sin whatever come of it, at that very time when thou art seeking pardon, of sin be sure to resolve never to sin again, for know, that for ought thou knowest, the very next sin thou committest may make God come upon thee for all thy former sins. And then