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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.
Judas confessed his sin, but to whom was it? to the High Priest and to the Pharisees, but Judas never went into a corner and in secret to bewail bloodshed: wicked men have made public confessions of sin, but in secret between God and their own souls they never made acknowledgement, ⟨p. 20⟩and confession of their evils unto God: thus much for the third Query.
Judas confest his sin, but to whom was it? to the High Priest and to the Pharisees, but Judas never went into a corner and in secret to bewail bloodshed: wicked men have made publick confessions of sin, but in secret between God and their own souls they never made acknowledgment, ⟨p. 20⟩and confession of their evils unto God: thus much for the third Quere.
The fourth Query is this, Wherein appears the difference of a godly mans making confession of sin unto God, and between those confessions of sin in wicked men: and there are these eight differences.
The fourth Quere is this, Wherein appears the difference of a gody mans making confession of sin unto God, and between those confessions of sin in wicked men: and there are these eight differences.
First, Holy confession in godly men, makes the soul to be more active and inquisitive after cure, remedy, and pardon for sin: holy confession makes the soul industrious. I confess sin, but how shall I subdue sin? I acknowledge sin; but how shall I get pardon for sin? It makes it enquire how to get cure and remedy for the evils which before were confessed.