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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.
First, Confession of sin to God hath been practised by all the godly under the Old Testament; and therefore why should it not be used under the New?
And thus the godly in Nehemiah's days made a prayer to God, and the whole prayer consisted of 32. verses, and 31. of them verses were spent in confession of sin. Nehem. 16. Let thine ear be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayst hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee day and night, for the Children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee, both I and my Fathers house have sinned.
And thus the godly in Nehemiah's daies made a prayer to God, and the whole prayer consisted of 32. verses, and 31. of them verses were spent in confession of sin. Nehem. 16. Let thine ear be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayst hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee day and night, for the Children of Israel thy servants, and confesse the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinued against thee, both I and my Fathers house have sinned.