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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.
4. Fourthly, Godly men confess sin freely, out of a willingness they have to be rid of sin: wicked men confess sin, with confessions extorted and drawn from them as men on a rack whether they will or no. Godly men confess sin freely, they are freely willing to part with their lusts,1 therefore they confess them to God, Job. 32. 18. For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Verse 19. Behold my belly is as wine that hath no vent, it is ready to burst like new bottles. Verse 20. I will speak that I may be refreshed, I will open my lips, and answer. Thus a godly man in confessing sin his belly is as ready to burst with new wine, he must needs have vent, else he is broken, he must needs confess sin, his sin drives him to God. But confession is extorted and wrested from wicked men. It was the plagues of Egypt upon Pharaoh, 2that wrung confession from him: before these he would say, Who is the Lord? 3It was pangs and horror of conscience in Judas, that forced him to acknowledge he had sinned in betraying innocent blood. Mariners cast over their goods, not that they hate them, but as they are forced to do it to escape drowning; when there is a storm and a tempest in their consciences, then men are forced to confess sin, it is by compulsion, it is not voluntary.
4. Fourthly, Godly men confesse sin freely, out of a willingnesse they have to be rid of sin: wicked men confesse sin, with confessions extorted and drawn from them as men on a rack whether they will or no. Godly men confesse sin freely, they are freely willing to part with their lusts,1 therefore they confesse them to God, Job. 32. 18. For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. Verse 19. Behold my belly is as wine that hath no vent, it is ready to burst like new bottles. Verse 20. I will speak that I may be refreshed, I will open my lips, and answer. Thus a godly man in confessing sin his belly is as ready to burst with new wine, he must needs have vent, else he is broken, he must needs confesse sin, his sin drives him to God. But confession is extorted and wrested from wicked men. It was the plagues of Egypt upon Pharaoh,