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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.
Defect 9 The ninth defect in confession of sin to God is this, to content your selves with slight, ordinary, and general confessions of sins, to come into Gods presence and say you are sinners just as […] the eleventh king of France, who when he had blasphemed would take his Crucifix and kiss, and cry, God forgive me, and then swear again: this is the fault which Christians many times are guilty of, many men rest contented with a confused and a general confession of sin when they do not come to any distinct view of their particular sins, there is a tumult in the conscience some noise they make in prayer, but they know nothing distinctly, but like Nebuchadnezzar in a dream, he knew he dreamt, but he forgot what his dream was: many men do confess sin, but they know not what they do confess. You are to be humbled for these defects that may be found in you• in your confessing sin to God.
Defect 9 The ninth defect in confes•ion of sin to God is this, to content your selves with slight, ordinary, and generall confessions of sins, to come into Gods presence and say you are sinners just as 〈…〉 the eleventh king of France, who when he had blasphemed would take his Crucifix and kisse, and cry, God forgive me, and then sweare again: this is the fault which Christians many times are guilty of, many men rest contented with a confused and a generall confession of sin when they doe not come to any distinct view of their particular sins, there is a tumult in the conscience some noyse they make in prayer, but they know nothing distinctly, but like Nebuchadnezzar in a dream, he knew he dreamt, but he forgot what his dream was: many men doe confesse sin, but they know not what they doe confesse. You are to be humbled for these defects that may be found in you• in your confessing sin to God.
Defect 10 A tenth defect in confession of sin to God is this, that they are bold to commit the sin again which they have confessed: they confess passion, and afterward are bold and adventurous to run into a rage and fury. When a man shall confess on his knees he hath done thus and thus, and hath been thus and thus; yet afterwards all the impressions of these confessions are defaced, and he is bold to adventure on the commission of the sin again; This is also a defect that may be found amongst good men in their confession of sin unto God.