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Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…
Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up for the use and benefit of the inhabitants of Sepulchres parish / by Tho. Gouge ...
London: printed by R. Ibbitson and M. Wright, 1661
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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.
3 Having thus confessed thy Sins, as thou desirest to renew thy peace with God; earnestly beg of him the pardon, and the forgiveness of them in and through the merits of Jesus Christ; for thou canst look for it only through the Free Grace and Mercy of God in Jesus Christ.1 And as there is a promise of forgiveness to such as unfeignedly confess their Sins, so there is likewise a promise of forgiveness to such who heartily pray for the same; for saith the Lord in answer to Solomons Prayer,2 If my People which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sins; and therefore if thou canst pray heartily unto God for the pardon of thy Sins, thou hast thereby some comfortable evidence of their forgiveness; for as the Lord in the Parable forgave his Servant that was indebted to him,3 and had nothing to pay, even because he prayed him; so if thou canst pour out thy Soul in a true and hearty Prayer unto God for the pardon of thy Sins, he will questionless forgive thee, even because thou prayest unto him; for as David speaketh, The Lord is not only ready to forgive, 4but plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon him.
3 Having thus confessed thy Sins, as thou desirest to renew thy peace with God; earnestly begge of him the pardon, and the forgiveness of them in and through the merits of Iesus Christ; for thou canst look for it only through the Free Grace and Mercy of God in Jesus Christ.1 And as there is a promise of forgiveness to such as unfeignedly confess their Sins, so there is likewise a promise of forgiveness to such who heartily pray for the same; for saith the Lord in answer to Salomons Prayer,2 If my People which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, then will I hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sins; and therefore if thou canst pray heartily unto God for the pardon of thy Sins, thou hast thereby some comfortable evidence of their forgiveness; for as the Lord in the Parable forgave his Servant that was indebted to him,