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The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin…
The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the privilege of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin and the priviledge of the pardon of sin : together with a discourse of Christs ascension into heaven and of his coming again from heaven : wherein the opinion of the Chiliasts is considered and solidly confuted / being the sum and substance of several sermons preached by that faithful servant of Christ, Mr. Christopher Love ...
London: printed for John Rothwell, 1657
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.
1. First, it is not fit to confess all the evils you have done before men, and if there were no argument to prove secret prayer this were enough, that it is not fit for a man to confess all the sins of his life before men. Zach. 12. 12. And the Land shall mourn every family apart, 1the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart, &c. They are to go to God and confess their sins apart. Thou art a poor professor, that dost confess what thou confessest in public only, and never in private, thou art but a barren professor.
1. First, it is not fit to confesse all the evils you have done before men, and if there were no argument to prove secret prayer this were enough, that it is not fit for a man to confesse all the sins of his life before men. Zach. 12. 12. And the Land shall mourn every family apart, 1the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart, the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart, &c. They are to go to God and confesse their sins apart. Thou art a poor professor, that dost confesse what thou confessest in publick onely, and never in private, thou art but a barren professor.
2. Again consider this, that though we read of wicked men that have made great confession of sin unto God, yet we never read in the Scripture that wicked men ever made conscience to confess sin to God in secret. Pharaoh (you know the story) confessed his sin unto Moses and unto Aaron, but we never read that Pharaoh confessed his sin unto God.