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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.
Seventhly, Godly men confess sin out of a sight and sense of sin, as it is dishonourable to God, rather then as it is a shame and reproach unto themselves. Confess thy sin rather for the foul nature of it, that it doth dishonour God, then for the evil consequence of it, that it deserves damnation to the sinner. In Psal. 51. saith David, Against thee, thee only have I sinned: it was not against Uriah that he had sinned; but against thee, thee only have I sinned, for thou wast dishonoured by my sin. When the Apostle speaks of repentance, he calls it repentance towards God, Acts 20. 21. Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. To note, That where sorrow and confession of sin is true, it is more out of a sense of sin, as it is against God, then as it is against self. But wicked men never confess sin as it is a dishonour to God, but as it contracts a guilt and a shame on themselves.
Seventhly, Godly men confesse sin out of a sight and sense of sin, as it is dishonourable to God, rather then as it is a shame and reproach unto themselves. Confess thy sin rather for the foul nature of it, that it doth dishonour God, then for the evil consequence of it, that it deserves damnation to the sinner. In Psal. 51. saith David, Against thee, thee only have I sinned: it was not against Vriah that he had sinned; but against thee, thee onely have I sinned, for thou wast dishonoured by my sinne. When the Apostle speaks of repentance, he calls it repentance towards God, Acts 20. 21. Testifying both to the Jewes, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Iesus Christ. To note, That where sorrow and confession of sin is true, it is more out of a sense of sin, as it is against God, then as it is against self. But wicked men never confess sin as it is a dishonour to God, but as it contracts a guilt and a shame on themselves.