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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.
Me thinks I hear you ask me, But seeing these defects are found amongst us, in confession of sin unto God, what should we do to be helped against these defects? For answer, that ye may not be guilty of these defects in confession of sin,
Me thinks I hear you ask me, But seeing these defects are found amongst us, in confession of sin unto God, what should we doe to be healpt against these defects? For answer, that ye may not be guilty of these defects in confession of sin,
Rule 1 First, Get a clear insight into Gods Law, that it may discover sin to you, by the Law is the knowledge of sin, Rom. 3. 20. Therefore by the deeds of the Law, there shall no ⟨p. 38⟩flesh be justified in his sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. Jam. 1. 23. For if any be a hearer of the Word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass. Vers. 24. For he beholdeth himse;lf, and goeth his way, and straight way forgetteth what manner of man he was. The looking-glass will show you the blemishes in the face, which the eye cannot else discern: beloved, get a knowledge of the spiritualness of Gods Law, of the extent of Gods Law, that the Law doth reach the inward man, that Gods law reacheth to those very first motions of the soul, those very inclinations to sin that are in thine heart, be acquainted with the Law, and by that thou wilt come to the knowledge of sin. Physicians have used this remedy to their Patients: In a Convulsion Fit, they would wish them at that time, to look their face in a glass, that when the Patient doth see what an ugly countenance he hath, and what an ugly posture he is in at that time, he might strive the more against it: So do you▪ look your face in a looking-glass to see those deformities that are within you, this will make you confess, and this will bring you on your knees.