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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.
Eusebius relates, that John the Evangelist in his journey, returning from Patmos to Ephesus after the death of Domitian was met by a company of thieves; amongst whom was a young man their Captain, whom John did convert, and the story saith, that this young man now converted by Johns wholesome counsel, went to all his fellow thieves, and advised them in the name of Jesus Christ, that they would not walk in that way of wickedness; he was troubled in conscience, and therefore gave them earnest counsel, that as they loved their souls, they would not walk in that way of wickedness; and by that means many of these great robbers became great Converts. In like manner do ye to those that know of your drunkenness, of your adultery, &c. confess your sins, as Demosthenes said to the Harlot, I am not the same man I was: and it may be, that so their consciences may be awakened, and they startled for it, and bethink themselves of their wicked courses, and God ⟨p. 33⟩may work a change in them, as he hath done in you.
Eusebius relates, that John the Evangelist in his journey, returning from Patmos to Ephesus after the death of Domitian was met by a company of theeves; amongst whom was a young man their Captain, whom John did convert, and the story saith, that this young man now converted by Johns wholsome counsel, went to all his fellow theeves, and advised them in the name of Jesus Christ, that they would not walk in that way of wickednesse; he was troubled in conscience, and therefore gave them earnest counsel, that as they loved their souls, they would not walk in that way of wickednesse; and by that means many of these great robbers became great Converts. In like manner do ye to those that know of your drunkennesse, of your adultery, &c. confesse your sins, as Demosthenes said to the Harlot, I am not the same man I was: and it may be, that so their consciences may be awakened, and they startled for it, and bethink themselves of their wicked courses, and God ⟨p. 33⟩may work a change in them, as he hath done in you.