A39674:942
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and…
Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made public, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.Planelogia, a succinct and seasonable discourse of the occasions, causes, nature, rise, growth, and remedies of mental errors written some months since, and now made publick, both for the healing and prevention of the sins and calamities which have broken in this way upon the churches of Christ, to the great scandal of religion, hardening of the wicked, and obstruction of Reformation : whereunto are subjoined by way of appendix : I. Vindiciarum vindex, being a succinct, but full answer to Mr. Philip Cary's weak and impertinent exceptions to my Vindiciæ legis & fæderis, II. a synopsis of ancient and modern Antinomian errors, with scriptural arguments and reasons against them, III. a sermon composed for the preventing and healing of rents and divisions in the churches of Christ / by John Flavell ... ; with an epistle by several divines, relating to Dr. Crisp's works.
London: printed by R. Roberts for Tho. Cockerill, 1691
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(1.) He hath plainly declared it to be his will, that his people should confess their sins before him, and strongly connected their Confessions with their Pardons, 1 John. 5. 9. and frequently suspends from them the comfortable sense of forgiveness, till their Hearts be brought to this duty, Psal. 32. 5. compared with vers. 3. 4. the more to engage them to this duty by the sensible ease and comfort attending and following it.
(1.) He hath plainly declared it to be his will, that his people should confess their sins before him, and strongly connected their Confessions with their Pardons, 1 Iohn. 5. 9. and frequently suspends from them the comfortable sense of forgiveness, till their Hearts be brought to this duty, Psal. 32. 5. compared with vers. 3. 4. the more to engage them to this duty by the sensible ease and comfort attending and following it.
(2.) He also enjoins it upon them, That they mourn for their Sins, Isa. 22. 12. expresses his great delight in contrition ⟨p. 359⟩and brokenness of spirit for sin, Isa. 66. 2. To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit. Christ himself pronounces a blessing upon them that mourn, Matt. 5. 4. Justified Paul mournfully confesses his former blasphemies, persecutions and injuries done against Christ, 1 Tim. 1. 13