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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 20: Of Encouragements to seek after Pardon of Sin.
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Seventhly, Know it is the great office and work of Christs mediatorship to bind up the broken hearts of wounded sinners, Isai. 61.1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he hath anointed me, he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath seat me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the Prison to them that are bound; this in the New Testament is applied to Christ. Now this being the great work for which Christ came into the world, to bind up the broken-hearted, see whether thou canst not rely on Christ by an act of faith, this should be a great encouragement.
Seventhly, Know it is the great office and work of Christs mediatorship to bind up the broken hearts of wounded sinners, Isai. 61.1. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, and he hath anointed me, he hath sent me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath seat me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the Captives, and the opening of the Prison to them that are bound; this in the New Testament is applyed to Christ. Now this being the great work for which Christ came into the world, to bind up the broken-hearted, see whether thou canst not rely on Christ by an act of faith, this should be a great incouragement.
Eighthly, Consider that, that God thou hast to deal withal, his nature is mercy in the abstract; and if so, he is free in his mercy; as the Sun shines, because it's the nature of it to shine; so the mercy of God must needs work freely, because it is his nature; as the fire burns naturally, Exod. 34. & Mic. 7.18. God pardons because he delights in mercy; thou sayest thou art a poor sinner; well, though it be so, yet thou mayst say, though God can see nothing in me, yet seeing that he is a God that delights in mercy, this may move me to come in: For