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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
CHAP. I. The Text opened, and the main Doctrine propounded, viz. pag. 1 Doct. That the blessedness of a man, or of any soul, consists in the free grace of God forgiving of his sin. 4 CHAP. II. Of the blessedness of the pardon of sin, which appears 6 1. Negatively in the evil it frees us from. ibid. 2. Positively in the good bestowed upon us: therein consider 8 1 The Efficient cause of mercy in forgiveness of sin. ibid. 2 The Final cause of mercy in forgiveness of sin. 9 ⟨image 115⟩CHAP. III. Of 11 wonderful Mysteries of Godliness included in in the great mercy of forgiveness of Sin. 10 1 It is by means of a Mediator. 11 2 It is through Christs undertaking the debt upon himself. 12 3 It is by Christs sufferings. 13 4 Sin pardoned makes the soul stands righteous before God. 14 5 This righteousness is in another. ibid. 6 A near union is made between Christ and the Soul 15 7 It is by faith, yet boasting is excluded. 16 8 God is infinitely just, and yet infinitely merciful. 18 9 When God forgives sin at present, he forgives all to come 19 10 God pardons a sinner not because he is, but that he might be changed. 25 11 God himself purchases the Pardon. 27 CHAP. IV. Of Pardon of Sin, not only being a mercy in it self, but the Foundation of many other Mercies. 28 1 Peace 1 with God. 2 with 1 Conscience. 2 Creatures. 30 32 33 2 The Revelation of Gods secrets to them he pardons. ibid. 3 It makes all other enjoyments to be mercies which otherwise are not. 38 1 By reason of guilt of sin. 39 2 Not known whether they be given in love or hatred. ibid. 4 It makes all afflictions easy to be borne. 40 ⟨image 115⟩1 The great good of pardon makes the bitterest evil nothing. 41 2 It assures the soul the evil of affliction is gone. 42 5 Pardoning mercy brings healing with it into the soul. 43 6 Comfort against death the effect of pardoning mercy. 45 7 Security against the worlds reproaches. 46 8 It is the foundation of eternal life. 48 9 It is the bottom of all true comfort. ibid. CHAP. V. Of Pardoning Mercy passing through a great many difficulties by reason of the wrong that man hath done to God by Sin. 49 1 God must be made Man, and yet remain the same God he was before. 50 2 He must die and be made a curse. ibid. 3 The dead heart of man must be raised to do the gloriousest work that any creature ever did.
CHAP. I. THe Text opened, and the main Doctrine propounded, viz. pag. 1 Doct. That the blessedness of a man, or of any soul, consists in the free grace of God forgiving of his sin. 4 CHAP. II. Of the blessedness of the pardon of sin, which appears 6 1. Negatively in the evil it frees us from. ibid. 2. Positively in the good bestowed upon us: therein consider 8 1 The Efficient cause of mercy in forgiveness of sin. ibid. 2 The Final cause of mercy in forgiveness of sin. 9