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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 4 › Part 2: Of Gods Revealing his Secrets to those whom he Pardons.
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Of Gods Revealing his Secrets to those whom he Pardons.
2. This follows upon pardon of sin, God comes in a wonderful gracious way to reveal himself to that soul; he comes to reveal his secrets to that soul he pardons; and pardon of sin is the very ground of the Revelation of the Secrets and Mysteries of God by the Spirit to that Soul, Jer. 31.33. among other particulars in the New Covenant God promiseth they shall be all taught of God, in Heb. 8. that Text is quoted something more fully than in the Prophet, vers. 10, 11. They shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord; for they shall all know me from the least to the greatest: Mark, For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more: Pardon of sin is made the ground of Gods teaching them his Covenant, They shall know ⟨p. 34⟩me from the least to the greatest; you little ones and young ones, if God please to bring you to Christ, and pardon your sin, a glorious light shall come into your souls: God will show himself in a glorious manner to you, there shall be another manner of light shine into your hearts than ever before; the mysteries of God will be opened to you, and you shall understand more than many of your fathers, who have not had this mercy to be rightly acquainted with the Justification of a sinner; and therefore you young ones, that much desire knowledge, the main thing to be acquainted with, is this great Doctrine of Justification and pardon of sin; as Luther said, Three things, Prayer, Meditation, and Temptations make a Divine; so I say, the right knowledge of Justification makes a Christian, and they that have not a clear knowledge in this point, do but bungle and are extreme weak in all other points of Religion; but when once the soul comes to be justified, what a glorious light is let into the soul, as you all know, that have been made partakers of this grace? And you young ones, you may come to have sin pardoned as well as others, and to have the knowledge of the mysteries of God revealed unto you,