A49255:133
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.
Secondly, Confession against whom, and when you did it, all the circumstances of your sins you must acknowledge to the Priest.
Thirdly, That the Priest upon your confession, hath power from Christ to give you pardon, and to give you absolution; these go currant with them about Auricular confession.
Thirdly, That the Priest upon your confession, hath power from Christ to give you pardon, and to give you absolution; these goe currant with them about Auricular confession.
That you might see this is blame-worthy, and worthy of reproof; I shall confute it by these Considerations.
That you might see this is blame-worthy, and worthy of reproof; I shall confute it by these Confiderations.
First Consideration of the time when Auricular Confession came first in use in the Church: For 800. years after Christ there was no such practise in the Church of God: and that the Law of Auricular Confession was not enacted until Pope Innocent the Third,