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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.
A second Direction is this, Depend not upon the most enlarged and the most sensible confessions that ever you have made to God, suppose thou hast poured out thy soul to God, thou art never the better: thou O man when thou doest confess sin, thou doest but like a beggar show God thy sores, thy botches, and scabs, do not depend upon your confessions; as you must not depend upon your righteousness, so not upon confession of your sinfulness. It is worth your observation, Saul pursuing David like a Partridge over the mountains, David cut off the lap of his garment; saith David, well, I have sinned; and Saul, thou art more righteous then I: when Nathan came to David, David said, I have sinned, and Nathan told him, the Lord hath taken away thy iniquity. Saul said, I have sinned, yet the Prophet Samuel told him, the Lord hath taken away thy Kingdom: here is not the same result, for David had his sin taken away, and Saul had his Kingdom taken away, therefore do not depend on your confessions.
A second Direction is this, Depend not upon the most inlarged and the most sensible confessions that ever you have made to God, suppose thou hast poured out thy soul to God, thou art never the better: thou O man when thou doest confesse sin, thou doest but like a begger shew God thy sores, thy botches, and scabs, do not depend upon your confessions; as you must not depend upon your righteousnesse, so not upon confession of your sinfulnesse. It is worth your observation, Saul pursuing David like a Partridge over the mountains, David cut off the lap of his garment; saith David, well, I have sinned; and Saul, thou art more righteous then I: when Nathan came to David, David said, I have sinned, and Nathan told him, the Lord hath taken away thy iniquity. Saul said, I have sinned, yet the Prophet Samuel told him, the Lord hath taken away thy Kingdom: here is not the same result, for David had his sin taken away, and Saul had his Kingdom taken away, therefore do not depend on your confessions.