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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
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Fourthly, Call to remembrance some old transgression of many years past before thy conversion, and muster up these sins together, that so thou mightest have matter of complaint and confession before God. Suppose present guilt doth not come up before thee; then recollect and review old transgressions, sins of an old date; this▪ David did when he found his heart dull and sluggish, he would call to mind the sins of his youth, Psal. 35. 9. When you see that your hearts grow barren of spiritual matter through heedlessness, go then and ransack your old ways what did you 20 years ago, let conscience gall you for that, that so you may have matter enough to confess unto God. This rule doth not appertain to Christians under trouble of conscience, but only to those Christians that are sluggish and barren of any spiritual complaints and confessions in Gods presence.
Fourthly, Call to remembrance some old transgression of many yeares past before thy conversion, and muster up these sins together, that so thou mightest have matter of complaint and confession before God. Suppose present guilt doth not come up before thee; then recollect and review old transgressions, sins of an old date; this▪ David did when he found his heart dull and sluggish, he would call to minde the sins of his youth, Psal. 35. 9. When you see that your hearts grow barren of spiritual matter through heedlesnesse, go then and ransack your old waies what did you 20 years agoe, let conscience gawle you for that, that so you may have matter enough to confesse unto God. This rule doth not appertain to Christians under trouble of conscience, but only to those Christians that are sluggish and barren of any spiritual complaints and confessions in Gods presence.
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